Orange County Municipal Code Art. 2 Traffic Administration

Editor's note— Ord. No. 06-002, § 1, adopted January 24, 2006, amended the Code by repealing former § 6-4-200 in its entirety. Former § 6-4-200 pertained to traffic enforcement; and derived from Ord. No. 3768, adopted November 7, 1989.

The Traffic Engineering Section of the EMA through the authority of the Director is hereby charged with the responsibility, under the powers and duties specified in this division, to carry out and review all traffic engineering functions affecting the County of Orange.

(Ord. No. 3768, § 2, 11-7-89)

It shall be the general duty of EMA Traffic Engineering to determine the installation, design, operation, and maintenance of traffic-control devices, design and/or review traffic flow systems and appurtenances, conduct engineering analyses of traffic accidents; devise remedial measures; conduct engineering and traffic investigations of traffic conditions. Traffic engineering shall also cooperate with the California Highway Patrol, the Orange County Sheriff's Department, the Orange County Fire Department, and other agencies as appropriate in the development of ways and means to improve traffic conditions and carry out the additional duties imposed by the ordinances of the County.

(Ord. No. 3768, § 2, 11-7-89)

The Orange County Traffic Committee, as described herein, is hereby established in accordance with the original Minute Order of September 17, 1940, as modified in 1978 and 1985, and is hereinafter referred to as the Traffic Committee. The Traffic Committee shall serve without compensation and at the discretion of the Board of Supervisors.

(Ord. No. 3768, § 2, 11-7-89)

The Orange County Traffic Committee membership shall be set by the Board of Supervisors via Resolution. The Board of Supervisors may change the required membership from time to time by way of Resolution.

(Ord. No. 3768, § 2, 11-7-89; Ord. No. 23-005, 12-5-23)

The Traffic Committee is authorized to initiate investigations and develop recommendations for:

(1) Traffic-control regulations which must be enacted by the Board of Supervisors;

(2) Actions taken by the Director in line with his official duties to provide traffic-control devices;

(3) Traffic operations and traffic safety programs for recommendation to the Director and Board of Supervisors;

(4) Street name changes;

(5) Application of the California Vehicle Code, section 21107, "Private Roads," and its subsections as related to public usage of private streets.

(Ord. No. 3768, § 2, 11-7-89)

(a) The Traffic Committee shall meet once each month on a regular basis. The meetings shall be open to the public.

(b) EMA/Traffic Engineering shall serve as staff to the Traffic Committee and shall prepare the agenda on items for each monthly meeting.

(c) EMA/Traffic Engineering shall be responsible for preparing the Traffic Committee minutes and submitting the minutes to the Board of Supervisors.

(Ord. No. 3768, § 2, 11-7-89)