CHAPTER 12.08
ADMINISTRATION

SECTION:

12.08.010: Traffic Division; Powers And Duties

12.08.020: Traffic Violation Record Keeping Requirements

12.08.030: Traffic Accidents; Investigation

12.08.040: Traffic Accidents; Location Studies

12.08.050: Traffic Accidents; Report Filing; Confidentiality

12.08.060: Driver's Files; Contents; Use By Traffic Division

12.08.070: City Transportation Engineer; Office Established; Authority

12.08.080: Traffic Control Devices; Standards And Placement

12.08.090: Transportation Engineers; Powers And Duties

12.08.100: Traffic Speed And Traffic Signals

12.08.110: Signs, Markings And Traffic Islands

12.08.120: Crosswalks, Safety Zones, Traffic Lane Markings

12.08.130: Hazardous Or Congested Places; Traffic Restrictions

12.08.140: Emergency And Experimental Regulations

12.08.150: Traffic School Permitted

12.08.010: TRAFFIC DIVISION; POWERS AND DUTIES:

It shall be the duty of the traffic division, with the aid of other members of the police department:

   A.   To enforce the street traffic regulations of the city and all the state vehicle laws applicable to street traffic in the city;

   B.   To make arrests for traffic violations;

   C.   To investigate accidents meeting parameters set by the chief of police;

   D.   To cooperate with the city transportation engineer and other officers of the city in the administration of the traffic laws and in developing ways and means to improve traffic conditions; and

   E.   To carry out those duties specifically imposed upon the division by the ordinances of the city. (Ord. 5-95 § 1, 1995: prior code title 46, art. 2 § 60)

12.08.020: TRAFFIC VIOLATION RECORD KEEPING REQUIREMENTS:

   A.   The police department shall keep a record of all local violations of the traffic ordinances of the city, or of the state vehicle laws, of which any person has been charged, together with a record of the final disposition of all such alleged offenses. Such record shall be maintained as to show all types of violations and the total of each. Said record shall accumulate during at least a five (5) year period and from that time on the record shall be maintained complete for at least the most recent five (5) year period.

   B.   All forms for records of violations and notices of violations shall be serially numbered. For each month and year a written record shall be kept available to the public showing the disposal of all such forms.

   C.   All records and reports shall be public records. (Prior code title 46, art. 2 § 61)