The General Manager shall:
(a) Exercise the powers and duties of General Manager as described in Section 21.1 of this Code, and be responsible, upon the provision of resources for the proper administration of departmental activities, including:
(1) The location, installation and maintenance, operation and removal of all signs, signals, parking meters, pavement markings and other traffic control devices;
(2) Enforcement of parking regulations and removal of abandoned vehicles from public streets subject to provisions of Section 22.481(a)(5);
(3) Directing of traffic at intersections and other places;
(4) Assignment and duties of school crossing guards;
(5) Activities related to the acquisition, development and operation of off-street parking facilities;
(6) Administration of railroad franchises granted by the City under Sections 13.7(1), (2) and (3) of the this Code;
(7) Activities related to the regulation of privately-owned public utilities in the City of Los Angeles, subject to Transportation or Taxicab Commission action where required in this chapter;
(8) Planning of ground transportation and traffic;
(9) The overview, control and operation of intra-community transit activities and grant-funded ground transportation projects;
(10) Reviewing and furnishing the Mayor and the City Council, through its Transportation Committee, analyses and reports on all requests for grants from any agency or authority for ground transportation related projects.
(11) Determining and approving the rates, maximum legal parking time, and the hours of operation of an off-street parking facility under the control of the Department when the City Council has approved and funded the use of the parking facility for a Safe Parking program, or for any other homeless program or project.
(b) Assist the City Planning Director in the preparation and updating of the circulation, transportation and transit elements or components of the General Plan of the City of Los Angeles for submission as required by law, and provide analyses, reports, comments and recommendations to the City Council on similar subject plans submitted by contiguous jurisdictions for review.
(c) Recommend to the Council and Mayor, for their approval, transportation development plans, programs and improvement projects to implement the purpose of the Department as set forth in this chapter.
(d) Prepare plans for utilization of funds available for transportation activities for consideration by the Council and the Mayor.
(e) Recommend to the Mayor and Council such further organizational changes in the structure of the City government which would eliminate duplication of functions and services relating to transportation.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 151,832, Eff. 2-10-79, Oper. 2-25-79.
Amended by: 1st para., Subdiv. (a), Ord. No. 152,427, Eff. 6-29-79; Subsec. (a)(6), Ord. No. 159,436, Eff. 11-18-84; Ord. No. 164,741, Eff. 5-27-89, Oper. 7-1-89; Subsec. (a)(6), Ord. No. 170,600, Eff. 8-11-95; Subsec. (a)(7), Ord. No. 172,021, Eff. 6-26-98; Subsec. (a)(6), Ord. No. 185,204, Eff. 11-22-17; Subsec. (a)(11) added, Ord. No. 187,116, Eff. 8-7-21.