Ontario Municipal Code Art. 2 Administration

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

(§ 2, Ord. 1651, eff. July 20, 1967)

The Traffic Division, with such aid as may be rendered by other members of the Police Department, shall have the following duties:

(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 traffic accidents;

(d) 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

(e) To carry out the duties specially imposed upon the Division by the provisions of this chapter, other traffic laws of the City, and the Police Chief.

(§ 2.1, Ord. 1651, eff. July 20, 1967)

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.

(§ 2.2, Ord. 1651, eff. July 20, 1967)

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

(§ 2.3, Ord. 1651, eff. July 20, 1967)

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 Department; and

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

(§ 2.4, Ord. 1651, eff. July 20, 1967)

The office of City Traffic Engineer is hereby established. The City Traffic Engineer shall exercise the powers and duties as provided in this chapter and other traffic laws of the City. The City’s Traffic and Transportation Manager shall assume the duties of the City Traffic Engineer.

(§ 2.5, Ord. 1651, eff. July 20, 1967, as amended by § 1, Ord. 2957, eff. January 19, 2013)

(a) Traffic control devices. Whenever the City Traffic Engineer is required or authorized to place or maintain official traffic control devices, he may cause such devices to be placed or maintained.

(b) General duties. The City Traffic Engineer shall have the following general duties:

(1) To use modern traffic engineering methods to determine and plan the location and application of traffic control devices.

(2) To conduct engineering analyses of traffic accidents and to devise remedial measures;

(3) To conduct engineering and traffic investigations of traffic conditions;

(4) To cooperate with other City officers in the development of ways and means to improve traffic conditions; and

(5) To carry out the additional powers and duties imposed by the laws of the City.

(c) Delegation of powers and duties. Whenever, by the provisions of this chapter, a power is granted to the City Traffic Engineer or a duty is imposed upon him, the power may be exercised or the duty performed by the City Engineer.

(§§ 2.5 and 2.6, Ord. 1651, eff. July 20, 1967, as amended by § 1, Ord. 2957, eff. January 19, 2013)