Ventura Municipal Code § 2.355.020 Duties and responsibilities

7 Editor’s note(s): Ord. No. 2003-003, § 1, adopted April 28, 2003, repealed the former Chapter 2.355 and enacted a new chapter as set out herein. The former Chapter 2.355, Sections 2.355.010 through 2.355.080, pertained to the disaster council and derived from Code 1971, Sections 5311 through 5318.

Cross reference(s) – Public works contracts, Chapter 4.600; streets and other public ways and places, Title 18; public parks, beaches and street trees, Title 20; public utilities, Title 22.

The public works department is established and is organized into five functional program areas, all of which are under the direction and administration of the public works director. These five areas are traffic and transportation, environmental sustainability, fleet and facilities, engineering design and engineering construction. (Ord. No. 2003-003, § 1, 4-28-03; Ord. No. 2010-011, § 1, 9-27-10; Ord. No. 2011-001, § 1, 1-10-11)

Under the direction of the public works director, the department is charged with maintaining, repairing, and cleaning public streets and alleys; installing, repairing, and replacing public street signs, guardrails, and barricades; maintaining traffic signals; maintaining public facilities; maintaining parking district lots; managing the collection and processing of refuse and recyclable materials; administering source reduction programs; performing engineering and construction management services related to capital improvement projects; overseeing engineering related to traffic control and street lighting installations; approving plans and specifications for public improvements constructed and installed incident to city approved land development projects; and overseeing stormwater management to include the duties of the legally responsible person; floodplain management; and oversight of real property administration. (Ord. No. 2003-003, § 1, 4-28-03; Ord. No. 2010-011, § 2, 9-27-10; Ord. No. 2011-001, § 2, 1-10-11; Ord. No. 2013-009, § 2, 9-30-13; Ord. No. 2017-010, § 1, 5-22-17)