§ 86-46. Office established; qualifications; appointment; duties generally.

(a)

The office of city traffic engineer is hereby established. The city traffic engineer shall be a qualified traffic engineer and shall be appointed by the mayor. The city traffic engineer shall exercise the powers and duties as provided in this chapter and other traffic ordinances of this city. Until the final appointment or at such times as the traffic engineer may be absent from the city or incapable of performing his duties, the duties and powers of the traffic engineer shall be vested in a duly appointed acting traffic engineer or, if none or if such assistant is absent from the city or incapable of performing his duties, the duties shall be vested in the director of engineering.

(b)

It is the general duty of the traffic engineer to plan and determine the installation and proper timing and maintenance of traffic control devices; to plan and direct the operation of traffic on the streets of this city, including parking areas; to conduct investigations of traffic conditions; to cooperate with other municipal and state officials and make recommendations for the improvement of traffic movement and conditions, including improvements in streets and parking areas; and to carry out the additional powers and duties imposed by this chapter and other ordinances of this city or as directed by the mayor.

(Code 1979, § 19-56)