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The office of the city transportation engineer is established. The city transportation engineer shall be appointed by the mayor and shall exercise the powers and duties as provided by the ordinances of the city. The city transportation engineer shall be the city traffic engineer and shall exercise the powers and duties as prescribed by law. (Prior code title 46, art. 2 § 66)
A. The "Manual On Uniform Traffic Control Devices" for streets and highways, 1988 edition, as amended, is adopted by Salt Lake City as the ordinance rules and regulations of the city, three (3) copies of which shall be for use and examination of the public in the office of the city recorder. Said code establishes the standards of design and application of traffic control devices.
B. The city transportation engineer shall place and maintain any and all traffic control devices when and as needed, and shall implement the provisions of said manual in accordance with accepted highway engineering principles. (Ord. 3-95 § 1, 1995: prior code title 46, art. 2 § 67)
It is the general duty of the city transportation engineer to determine the installation and proper timing and maintenance of traffic control devices, to conduct engineering analyses of traffic accidents and to devise remedial measures, to conduct engineering investigations of traffic conditions and to cooperate with other city officials in the development of ways and means to improve traffic conditions, and to carry out the additional powers and duties imposed by ordinances of the city and as directed by the mayor. (Prior code title 46, art. 2 § 69)
The city transportation engineer is authorized to regulate the timing of traffic signals so as to permit the movement of traffic in an orderly and safe manner at speeds somewhat below the speeds otherwise applicable within the district or at intersections, and shall erect appropriate signs giving notice thereof. (Prior code title 46, art. 2 § 71)
The city transportation engineer is authorized to place islands, markers or signs within or adjacent to intersections indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning at such intersections, and such course shall be traveled irrespective of any other provisions of this title. (Prior code title 46, art. 2 § 72)
The city transportation engineer is hereby authorized:
A. To designate and maintain, by appropriate devices, marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway, crosswalks at intersections where, in his or her opinion, there is particular danger to pedestrians crossing the roadway, and at such other places as he or she may deem necessary;
B. To establish safety zones of such kind and character and at such places as he or she may deem necessary for the protection of pedestrians;
C. To mark lanes for traffic on street pavements at such places as he or she may deem advisable, consistent with the traffic ordinances of the city. (Prior code title 46, art. 2 § 70)
The city transportation engineer is hereby authorized to determine and designate, by proper signs, places not exceeding one hundred feet (100') in length in which the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles would create an especially hazardous condition or would cause unusual delay to traffic. (Prior code title 46, art. 2 § 73)
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