HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD-02-97 Amend Ch 10.06 City Traffic CommissionORDINANCE NO. 2-
97 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE
AMENDING CHAPTER 10.06 OF THE
ORANGE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING
THE CITY TRAFFIC
COMMISSION.WHEREAS, Chapter 10.06 of the Orange Municipal Code establishes
a City Traffic Commission and sets out its duties;
and WHEREAS, the State Vehicle Code requires certain traffic
regulations to be approved by the "local authority";
and WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Council to authorize the
City Traffic Commission to take act as the "local authority" as that term is used
in the State Vehicle
Code.NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Orange
hereby ordains as
follows:SECTION
I:Section 10.06.080 is hereby amended to read as
follows:10.06.080 Duties. The City Traffic Commission is hereby
authorized:A. To review and act as specified in the context of this Chapter
in matters of traffic and transportation planning. Review, as stated,
includes review and consideration of public input, traffic surveys,
and recommendations and opinions from the Traffic Engineer's office,
Orange Police Department and the Orange Unified School
District.B. To review all requests for speed limit increases or decreases
and traffic control signals. A public hearing concerning all specific traffic
control change must be held at all
times.C. To initiate special studies on any unsafe or malfunctioning
traffic
condition.D. To assist the Staff, Planning Commission, and City Council in
short and long range transportation planning within the City, including the
review of streets and highways master planning and designation of truck
E. To reVIew and answer all complaints concernmg traffic safety
conditions.
F. To perform such other functions as the City Council may request
from time to time.
G. To act as the "local authority" as that term is used in the State
Vehicle Code for the approval of certain traffic regulations.
Action taken by the City Traffic Commission shall be considered final
unless appealed to the City Council in accordance with the procedures
established below. Additionally, the following action shall be advisory to the
City Council and as such for these items, the Commission shall make a report
together with recommendations for action to the City Council:
A Action involving placement of traffi.c control devices.
B. Action involving a matter for which State law requires a decision by
the City Council.
C. Action involving traffic improvements which have not been
previously budgeted.
D. Action involving traffic-related modifications to a larger
geographic area, as opposed to a single location-
specific item.
SECTION II:Section 10.06.081 is
hereby deleted.
SECTION III:Section 10.06.085 is hereby amended to read
as follows:Section 10.06.085 Appeals to Citv Council. All acts
and determinations of the Traffic Commission are directly reviewable by the City
Council which may affirm, reverse or modify any such act or determination as it
deems in the best interests
ofthe City.A. An appeal from a decision or requirement of the
Traffic Commission may be made by any
interested party.B. Any appeal from the decision of the Traffic Commission
shall be made within fifteen calendar days following the date of the decision
of
the Commission.C. Appeals shall be
in writing.D. The written application for appeal shall state the ground
for appeal.E. The original of the appeal shall be filed in duplicate
with the Department of
Public Works.Ord. No. 2-97
F. If an appeal is requested, th{) same shall be heard in the same
manner as prescribed for a public hearing before the Traffic Commission upon
notice.
SECTION IV:
A summary of this Ordinance shall be published and a certified copy of
the full text of this Ordinance shall be posted in the Office of the City Clerk at
least five (5) days prior to the City Council meeting at which this Ordinance
is to be adopted. A summary of this Ordinance shall also be published once
within fifteen (15) days after this Ordinance's passage in a newspaper of
general circulation, published, and circulated in the City of Orange. The City
Clerk shall post in the Office ofthe City Clerk a certified copy ofthe full text
of such adopted Ordinance along with the names of those City Council
members voting for and against the Ordinance in accordance with
Government Code Section 36933. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30)
days from and after the date of its final passage.
Adopted this 25th day of March 1997.
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M1r of the
City of Orange ATTEST:f STATE
OF
CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
CITY OF ORANGE )
I, CASSANDRA J.
CATHCART, City Clerk of the City of Orange,California, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at the regular
meeting of the City Council held on the lllL. day of WWW:ls 3
Ord. No. 2-97
March , 1997, and thereafter at the regular meeting of said City
Couneil duly held on the 25th day of Mnrr.h , 1997, was duly
passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Ord. No. 2-
97 COUNCIL MEMBERS: MURPHY. SLATER, COONTZ, SPURGEON,
ALVAREZ COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NONE COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NONE COUNCIL MEMBERS:
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