Clovis Municipal Code Art. 2 Traffic Administration

There is hereby established in the Police Department of the City a Traffic Division to be under the control of a police captain appointed by and directly responsible to the Chief of Police.

(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965)

It shall be the duty of the Traffic Division, with such aid as may be rendered by other members of the Police Department, to enforce the street traffic regulations of the City and all of the State vehicle laws, applicable to street traffic in the city, to make arrests for traffic violations, to investigate traffic accidents, to cooperate with the City 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 to carry out those duties specially imposed upon the Traffic Division by this chapter and the traffic laws of the City.

(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965; as amended by Ord. 94-6, eff. March 24, 1994)

Whenever the accidents at any particular location become numerous, the Traffic Division shall cooperate with the City Engineer in conducting studies of such accidents and determining remedial measures.

(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965; as amended by Ord. 94-6, eff. March 24, 1994)

The Traffic Division shall maintain a suitable system of filing traffic accident reports. Accident reports or cards referring to them shall be filed alphabetically by location. Such reports shall be available for the use and information of the City Engineer.

(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965; as amended by Ord. 94-6, eff. March 24, 1994)

The Traffic Division shall annually prepare a traffic report which shall be filed with the Council. Such report shall contain information on traffic matters in the City as follows:

(a) The number of traffic accidents, the number of persons killed, the number of persons injured, and other pertinent traffic accident data;

(b) The number of traffic accidents investigated and other pertinent data on the safety activities of the police; and

(c) The plans and recommendations of the Traffic Division for future traffic safety activities.

(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965)

The City Engineer is responsible for the duties of traffic engineering. The City Engineer shall exercise the powers and duties as provided in this chapter and in the traffic laws of the City. Whenever the City Engineer is required or authorized to place or maintain official traffic control devices or signals, he may cause such devices or signals to be placed or maintained.

(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965, as amended by Ord. 94-6, eff. March 24, 1994)

It shall be the general duty of the City Engineer to determine the installation and proper timing and maintenance of traffic control devices and signals, to conduct engineering analyses of traffic accidents, to devise remedial measures, to conduct engineering and traffic investigations of traffic accidents, to devise remedial measures, to conduct engineering and traffic investigations of traffic conditions and 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 the laws of the City. Whenever, by the provisions of this chapter, a power is granted to the City Engineer or a duty is imposed upon him, the power may be exercised or the duty performed by his deputy or by a person authorized in writing by him.

(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965, as amended by Ord. 94-6, eff. March 24, 1994)

There is hereby established an advisory traffic committee, consisting of the City Engineer, the Police Chief or, in his discretion as a Police Department representative, the head of the Traffic Division, a member of the Planning and Development Services Department, the City Attorney, and such number of other City officers and representatives of unofficial bodies as may be determined and appointed by the City Manager. The chairperson of the committee shall be appointed or removed by the City Manager.

(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965, as amended by Ord. 94-6, eff. March 24, 1994)

It shall be the duty of the traffic committee to suggest the most practicable means for coordinating the activities of all officers and agencies of the City having authority with respect to the administration or enforcement of traffic regulations; to stimulate and assist in the preparation and publication of traffic reports; to receive complaints having to do with traffic matters; and to recommend to the Council, the City Engineer, the head of the Traffic Division, and other City officials ways and means for improving traffic conditions and the administration and enforcement of traffic regulations.

(§ 1, Ord. 390, eff. December 1, 1965, as amended by Ord. 94-6, eff. March 24, 1994)