Fairfield Municipal Code § 11.2 Powers of police department

It shall be the duty of the police department to enforce the street traffic regulations of this city and all of the state vehicle laws applicable to street traffic in this city, to issue citations, to make arrests for traffic violations, to cooperate with the traffic 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 department by this chapter and the traffic ordinances of this city.

(Ord. No. 69-21, § 1)

It shall be the duty and authority of the traffic engineer, in addition to his or her other duties, to:

(a) Specify and supervise gathering, recording, analysis, and use of data pertaining to the regulation of traffic and parking and to analyze traffic accident data;

(b) Coordinate concerned activities of the department of public works with those of the police department;

(c) Use modern traffic engineering methods to determine and plan the location and application of the following traffic control devices and regulations:

(1) Days and hours of operation and time-phasing of traffic signals,

(2) Designation of streets on which commercial vehicle use will be prohibited or restricted,

(3) Guide, lane, and space markings,

(4) Loading zones,

(5) No-parking zones,

(6) Prohibited parking,

(7) Regulation or prohibition of parking adjacent to public buildings and on any off-street public property,

(8) Stop signs,

(9) Time limit parking restrictions,

(10) Truck routes, and

(11) Approval of a traffic plan or design prior to construction or improvement, when the traffic plan or design is not otherwise to be considered by the city council;

(d) Carry out such additional powers and duties as may be assigned.

(Ord. No. 69-21, § 1; Ord. No. 2021-05, § 1)