Oxnard Municipal Code Art. V Duties of Police Officers and Traffic Engineer

City police officers shall enforce the street traffic regulations of this chapter and State laws applicable to street traffic in the city; make arrests for traffic violations; investigate traffic accidents; cooperate with the traffic engineer and other city officers and employees in administering traffic laws and improving traffic conditions; and carry out duties imposed on a police officer by this chapter.

(`64 Code, Sec. 18-41) (Ord. No. 2448)

Police officers shall maintain a system of filing traffic accident reports and make the reports available to the traffic engineer.

(`64 Code, Sec. 18-42) (Ord. No. 2448)

Police officers shall annually prepare a traffic accident report summary for the city and file the report with the city manager.

(`64 Code, Sec. 18-43) (Ord. No. 2448)

The city traffic engineer shall be appointed by the city manager.

(`64 Code, Sec. 18-44) (Ord. No. 2448)

The traffic engineer shall determine the installation and proper timing and maintenance of traffic control devices and signals; conduct engineering analyses of traffic accidents and devise remedial measures; conduct engineering investigations of traffic conditions and cooperate with other city officers and employees to improve traffic conditions; and exercise the powers and duties provided in this chapter and in other city traffic regulations.

(`64 Code, Sec. 18-45) (Ord. No. 2448)

The traffic engineer shall place and maintain traffic control devices required by the Cal. Vehicle Code or this chapter or any other ordinance or resolution of the city council.

(`64 Code, Sec. 18-46) (Ord. No. 2448)

The traffic engineer shall place and maintain additional traffic control devices as necessary to regulate, guide or warn traffic or to effectuate any provision of the Cal. Vehicle Code or this chapter or any other ordinance or resolution of the city council. The traffic engineer shall make such determination on the basis of traffic engineering principles and traffic investigations and in accordance with State and city standards.

(`64 Code, Sec. 18-47) (Ord. No. 2448)

The traffic engineer may remove, relocate or discontinue the operation of any traffic control device not required by State law or this chapter or any other ordinance or resolution of the city council whenever the traffic engineer determines that the device is no longer necessary to maintain public safety and welfare.

(`64 Code, Sec. 18-48) (Ord. No. 2448)

If the hours and days of operation of a traffic control device are not specified in this chapter or any other ordinance or resolution of the city council, the traffic engineer shall determine such hours and days of operation.

(`64 Code, Sec. 18-49) (Ord. No. 2448)

(A) The traffic engineer may mark center lines and lane lines on the surface of roadways to indicate the course to be traveled by vehicles.

(B) The traffic engineer may place signs temporarily designating lanes to be used by traffic moving in a particular direction, regardless of the center line of the roadway.

(`64 Code, Sec. 18-50) (Ord. No. 2448)

As necessary to establish and maintain the orderly flow of traffic, the traffic engineer may:

(A) Designate intersections at which drivers of vehicles shall not make right turns, left turns or U-turns;

(B) Place markers, buttons or signs between, within or adjacent to intersections, indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning at such intersections; or

(C) Allocate and indicate more than one lane of traffic from which drivers may make right- or left-hand turns.

(`64 Code, Sec. 18-51) (Ord. No. 2448)

The traffic engineer may establish crosswalks at and between intersections as necessary to minimize hazards to pedestrians crossing the streets.

(`64 Code, Sec. 18-52) (Ord. No. 2448)

The traffic engineer may place and maintain traffic control devices, such as signs and street markings, to designate areas where parking is prohibited, restricted or subject to limitations, including, but not limited to, the following situations:

(A) Parking on only one side of a one-way street, when the traffic engineer determines that insufficient room exists for parking on both sides of the street;

(B) Parking on an angle, where the traffic engineer determines that insufficient room exists to provide an adequate amount of parallel parking;

(C) Parking where street sweeping is scheduled to occur, where the traffic engineer determines that parked vehicles will prevent or interfere with street sweeping;

(D) Parking on property owned or leased by the city, where the traffic engineer determines that unrestricted public parking will not allow sufficient parking for vehicles used in the conduct of city business or the business of persons leasing the property from the city;

(E) Parking on the street for disabled persons whose vehicles display a special identification license plate or a distinguishing placard issued pursuant to the Cal. Vehicle Code, where the traffic engineer determines a need therefor;

(F) Parking on the side of a street adjacent to school property, where the traffic engineer determines that parking would interfere with traffic or create a hazard;

(G) Parking on streets that are no more than 30 feet wide;

(H) Parking of vehicles six feet or more in height (including any load) within 100 feet of an intersection, where the traffic engineer determines that so parking such vehicles will limit the area of vision of approaching traffic and thereby create a hazard; or

(I) Parking in any other location where the traffic engineer determines that time limits on parking or a prohibition on parking are necessary to prevent congestion, allow more equitable access to parking spaces, alleviate or avoid a hazard, preserve life or property, or for any other reason.

(`64 Code, Sec. 18-53) (Ord. No. 2448)

The traffic engineer shall place and maintain traffic signals at those intersections and other places where traffic conditions require that the flow of traffic be alternately interrupted and released in order to prevent or relieve traffic congestion or to protect life or property from exceptional hazard. In determining the need for traffic signals, the traffic engineer shall consult the California Department of Transportation Traffic Manual.

(`64 Code, Sec. 18-54) (Ord. No. 2448)