Manhattan Beach Municipal Code Ch. 14.04 Administration

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

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 this City and all of the State vehicle laws applicable to street traffic in this City, to make arrests for traffic violations, to investigate traffic accidents and to cooperate with the City 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 said Division by this chapter and the traffic laws of this City.

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

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 Traffic Engineer.

The Traffic Division shall annually prepare a traffic report which shall be filed with the Council. Such a report shall contain information on traffic matters in this 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;

C. The plans and recommendations of the Division for future traffic safety activities.

The office of City Traffic Engineer is hereby established. The Director of Public Works shall serve as City Traffic Engineer in addition to his other functions, and shall exercise the powers and duties with respect to traffic as provided in this chapter.

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

The Parking and Public Improvements Commission shall perform the functions of an advisory traffic committee.

(§ 1, Ord. 1453, eff. May 6, 1976, as amended by § 6, Ord. 1968, eff. September 4, 1997)

It shall be the duty of the Parking and Public Improvements Commission when functioning as a traffic committee to suggest the most practicable means for coordinating the activities of all officers and agencies of this 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 legislative body of this City and to the City Traffic Engineer, the Chief of the Traffic Division and other City officials ways and means for improving traffic conditions and the administration and enforcement of traffic regulations. The Parking and Public Improvements Commission when serving as a traffic committee has no supervisory or administrative powers or duties but serves only in an advisory capacity.

(§ 1, Ord. 1453, eff. May 6, 1976, as amended by § 6, Ord. 1968, eff. September 4, 1997)