The Public Works Director is hereby authorized to install and maintain, or grant permission to others such as contractors and public utility companies to install and maintain, temporary traffic control devices in temporary traffic control zones, whenever it is the Public Works Director's opinion that the implementing of a temporary traffic control zone is necessary to provide safe and efficient movement of vehicles, bicyclists, and pedestrians through or around temporary traffic control zones while reasonably protecting the workers and equipment. Such traffic control devices shall conform with the Ohio Department of Transportation manual and specifications for a uniform system of traffic control devices.
(A) Authorization of a temporary traffic control zone shall require that an application for a permit to block the way (a.k.a. street, alley, or sidewalk closing permit) be submitted to the Public Works Director.
(B) The Public Works Director, or his or her duly assigned representative, shall review all requests to implement a temporary traffic control zone for compliance with the Ohio Department of Transportation standards and specifications for a uniform system of traffic control devices.
(C) (1) Prior to a temporary traffic control zone becoming effective, a public notice shall be issued in the form of a press release being made available for circulation through the local newspaper, radio and television stations, the city's website on the internet, and any other local media outlet(s) known. Said press release shall include a description of the area included and the effective date of the temporary traffic control zone, and shall be released not less than 48 hours prior to the temporary traffic control zone becoming effective, except in the event of an emergency, in which case the Public Works Director may waive the press release requirement.
(2) TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL ZONE
is an area of a highway where road user conditions are changed because of a work zone or an incident through the use of temporary control devices, police, or other authorized officials.
(‘97 Code, § 151.05) (Ord. 13-06, passed 6-19-06) Penalty, see § 76.99