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(a) Crossing guards under the supervision of the Transportation Department shall have the function and duty to carefully and with sound judgment, control and direct elementary school children in crossing streets at designated crossings and at designated times; to assist children traveling to and from school; to cooperate with school officials in enforcing school rules and regulations relating to the crossing of streets, and in instructing school children in elements of traffic safety; and to perform related work as required by the Department.
(b) In accordance with such policies as the Transportation Commission shall adopt, and subject to the availability of personnel, the General Manager shall designate school crossings where crossings guards shall be assigned and shall assign crossing guards to such places.
(c) Any school principal of an elementary school, through the school principal’s authorized designee, may request that the General Manager assign a Crossing guard to a specific location. Upon receiving such a request, the General Manager shall conduct an investigation to determine whether such as assignment is justified under the criteria established by the Transportation Commission. If the criteria are satisfied, and subject to the availability of personnel, the General Manager shall assign a Crossing guard to the requested location.
(1) If the General Manager is unable to make the required assignment, either because the criteria are not satisfied or because of lack of personnel, the General Manager shall give written notice thereof to the applicant who may, within twenty (20) days from receipt of said notice, file a written appeal with the Transportation Commission which shall thereafter, upon ten (10) days notice to the applicant conduct a hearing thereon. The Commission shall make a written determination with respect to the appeal. Copies thereof shall be transmitted forthwith to the applicant and to the General Manager. In the event the Commission concurs with the General Manager’s denial of assignment, the applicant may appeal the matter direct to the City Council in writing within ten (10) days from receipt of said notice of determination; provided, however, that if the Commission concurs in the applicant’s request and in its advisory capacity recommends assignment of a guard, the General Manager shall either make such assignment or within ten (10) days transmit the file direct to the City Council for its determination and notify the applicant thereof. Upon timely receipt of such an appeal, City Council may, upon the adoption of a resolution by two-thirds vote of the whole Council, direct the General Manager to assign a Crossing guard to the requested location; provided, however, that in the event the Council directs such an assignment, it shall provide the necessary additional personnel.
(2) When a crossing guard is assigned to a location pursuant to Council action, a Crossing guard shall remain assigned thereto during all days that the school in question is in session during said school year or until such time as the Council, by resolution, terminates the assignment.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 151,832, Eff. 2-10-79, Oper. 2-25-79.
Amended by: Subsecs. (b) and (c), Ord. No. 172,021, Eff. 6-26-98.
(a) All departments, employees, and officers of the City of Los Angeles shall cooperate to the fullest extent with the Transportation Department, particularly during the period of transition in which the Department is becoming fully operational, as well as thereafter; provided, however, that no such department, employee or officer shall be required to do anything in this connection which would conflict with the lawful, proper and necessary conduct of the duties of that Department or person as provided by the Los Angeles City Charter.
(b) In order to ensure proper coordination of operations at the scene of special events, major unusual occurrences and disasters, the Department of Transportation and the Police Department shall have the following responsibilities:
(1) During the planning phase for such matters, the Department of Transportation and the Police Department shall meet and cooperate to establish the anticipated personnel and equipment needs therefor, as well as the means whereby each department will provide its respective part of the services required to ensure the protection of the public.
(2) The Department of Transportation shall be responsible for vehicular and pedestrian traffic direction and parking restriction enforcement.
(3) The Police Department shall be responsible for planning directing and controlling all matters concerning criminal conduct and crowd control. Additionally, the Police Department has overall responsibility for operational control at the scene of a special event or emergency situation.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 151,832, Eff. 2-10-79, Oper. 2-25-79.
The following powers, duties and functions are transferred to the department.
(1) Those powers, duties and functions of the Bureau of Engineering pertaining to transportation engineering, transportation planning, and operation of the transportation system of the City are transferred to the Department of Transportation.
(2) Subject to Section 22.483(b) of this Code and Charter limitations, those powers, duties and functions of the City Department of Planning pertaining to transportation planning and operations are transferred to the Department of Transportation.
(3) Those powers, duties and functions of the Community Development Department involving the study, control, monitoring, development and operation of transit or transportation systems are transferred to the Department of Transportation.
(4) The primary responsibility for functions and duties of the Police Department pertaining to the enforcement of parking regulations, the control of traffic at intersections or elsewhere by Traffic Officers and the operation of School Crossing Guards are transferred to the Department of Transportation. This shall not operate to negate the power of Police Officers to enforce traffic laws and regulations applicable to the streets and other public ways of travel in the City.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 151,832, Eff. 2-10-79, Oper. 2-25-79.
Amended by: Subsec. (a)(3), Ord. No. 172,021, Eff. 6-26-98; Ord. No. 173,290, Eff. 6-30-00, Oper. 7-1-00.
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