(A) The office of City Traffic Engineer is hereby established. The City Traffic Engineer shall be appointed by the Mayor and shall exercise the powers and duties provided in this chapter. He shall have such assistants and staff as shall be determined by the Board of Public Safety with the approval of the Mayor.
(B) It shall be the general duty of the City Traffic Engineer to determine the need for the installation of and the proper time and timing of traffic control devices, including traffic control signal on through-streets duly established by ordinance pursuant to this chapter, other than state or federal highways; to install and maintain such traffic control devices, to conduct engineering analyses of traffic accidents and to devise remedial measures therefor, to conduct engineering investigations of traffic conditions and to cooperate with other city officials in the development of ways and means to improve traffic conditions and to carry out the additional powers and duties imposed by ordinances of this city; provided, that no automatic traffic control device shall be installed until approved by resolution of the Common Council.
(C) It shall be the particular duty of the City Traffic Engineer to:
(1) Designate crosswalks and safety zones and mark traffic lanes in accordance with § 70.16.
(2) Place turn markers, buttons or signs in accordance with § 71.03.
(3) Determine turn restrictions in accordance with § 71.03.
(5) Erect stop signs on through streets in accordance with § 71.16.
(6) Determine angle parking locations in accordance with § 72.02(A).
('74 Code, § 17-5) (Ord. S-185-85, passed 10-8-85; Am. Ord. G-06-96, passed 2-27-96)