(A) Authority to make regulations. The Committee on Traffic and Public Safety shall, subject to the provisions of Chapter 335 of the Laws of 1951 and division (B) of this section, have the authority now vested in the Board of Mayor and Aldermen under the provisions of R.S.A. 41:11 and R.S.A. 47:17 (VII) and (VIII) to perform and carry out the following duties:
(1) Establish traffic lanes and such zones for the loading and unloading of passengers, goods or materials as are necessary.
(2) Identify and designate those intersections requiring travel and/or turning restrictions.
(3) Establish such crosswalks and safety zones as are necessary for the protection of pedestrians.
(4) Establish parking locations and districts and areas where parking is restricted or prohibited.
(5) Provide for the installation, regulation, control, operation, use and maintenance of parking meters.
(6) Determine the location for and determine the character, type and placement of all traffic control devices necessary for the safe and orderly flow of traffic; provided, however, that all such devices shall, to the extent practicable, be uniform as to type and location and be consistent with the latest edition of the "Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways" (MUTCD), published by the United States Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration.
(7) Otherwise provide for the safe and orderly flow of traffic and pedestrians and effectuate the purposes and requirements of this chapter.
(B) Approval of regulations.
(1) All traffic rules and regulations made and adopted by the Committee on Traffic and Public Safety shall be subject to the approval of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
(2) Exception. Temporary rules and regulations made and adopted by the Committee on Traffic and Public Safety to be put in effect for a period not to exceed seven days shall not require approval of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
(C) Subject to other provisions of law and to the direction of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, the Committee on Traffic and Public Safety shall oversee parking operations for the City of Manchester as necessary to:
(1) Provide for the daily management and operations of all public parking garages;
(2) Provide for the leasing of parking spaces in city owned lots to public or private entities in the millyard area or other areas deemed in the city's best interest;
(3) Make policy relative to the management and operation of the city parking system. The city parking system shall include facilities and activities related to on-street metered parking, metered parking lots owned and/or operated by the city, parking lots leased out but maintained by the tenant, easements, condominium type and leased parking spaces and parking garages.
(Ord. passed 8-6-02)