Orange Municipal Code Ch. 10.04 Administration

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 make arrests for 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 the Division by this chapter and the traffic ordinances of this City.

(Ord. 19-82)

The office of City Traffic Engineer is established. The City Traffic Engineer shall exercise the powers and duties with respect to traffic as provided in this title. Whenever the City Traffic Engineer is required to authorized to place or maintain official traffic control devices or signals, he or she may cause such devices to signals to be placed and maintained.

(Ord. 19-82)

It shall be the general duty of the City Traffic Engineer to supervise 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 ordinances 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 or her, the power may be exercised or the duty performed by his or her deputy or a person authorized in writing by the Traffic Engineer. The City Manager shall submit to the Council a summary of traffic-control changes performed in accordance with this chapter by the City Traffic Commission and the City Traffic Engineer. Said summary shall be submitted prior to each regular Council meeting and shall specify the nature and location of traffic-control changes made subsequent to the previous report.

(Ord. 19-82)

No requirement of City Council approval contained herein shall preclude the installation of any temporary traffic control device deemed necessary by the Traffic Engineer as a result of or to correct an emergency or hazardous condition.

When implementation of such temporary devices is required, the City Traffic Engineer shall so document and submit the type of control device, date of instruction and installation, and circumstance to the City Council for approval by resolution or motion at their first regularly scheduled meeting following the control device installation. In no case shall any emergency control device be in place for more than 45 days, without action by the City Council.

(Ord. 19-82)