Watsonville Municipal Code Art. 2 Traffic Administration

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

(§ 1, Art II, Ord. 486 N.C.S.)

It shall be the duty of the Traffic Division, with such aid as may be rendered by other members of the Police Department, to enforce the street traffic regulations of the City and all of the State vehicle laws applicable to street traffic in the City, to make arrests for traffic violations, to investigate traffic accidents, and to cooperate with the City 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 Traffic Division by this chapter and the traffic laws of the City.

(§ 2, Art. II, Ord. 486 N.C.S.)

Whenever the accidents at any particular location become numerous, the Traffic Division shall cooperate with the City Engineer in conducting studies of such accidents and determining remedial measures.

(§ 3, Art. II, Ord. 486 N.C.S.)

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

(§ 4, Art. II, Ord. 486 N.C.S.)

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.

(§ 5, Art. II, Ord. 486 N.C.S.)

The general traffic duties of the City Engineer shall be as follows:

(a) To determine the installation and proper timing and maintenance of traffic control devices and signals;

(b) To conduct engineering analyses of traffic accidents and to device remedial measures;

(c) To conduct engineering investigations of traffic conditions and to cooperate with other City officials in the development of ways and means to improve traffic conditions; and

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

(§ 6, Art. II, Ord. 486 N.C.S.)