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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD-14-95 Amend Ch. 10.06 City Traffic CommissionORDINANCE NO. 14- 95 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 duties of the City Traffic Commission have been considered advisory to the City Council; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Council to authorize the City Traffic Commission to take final action on certain matters that come before the Commission.NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCil OF THE CITY OF ORANGE HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOllOWS:SECTION I:Section 10.06.010 is hereby amended to read as follows:10.06.010 Created - MembershiD. A City Traffic Commission is created consisting of five res,idents of the City, one resident being a School District representative, appointed by the Mayor with the consent of the Council. The Chief of Police, or his designee, and the City Traffic Engineer, or his designee, shall serve as City staff representatives to the City Traffic Commission. The City Traffic Engineer shall serve as Secretary to the Commission. SECTION II: Section 10.06.040 is hereby amended to read as follows: 10.06.040 Meetinas and Quorum. Three members shall constitute a quorum. A majority vote of the quorum present, shall be required for all Commission actions. Failure to achieVEl a majority vote of members present shall constitute a denial of the proposed action. The re!~ular meetings of the Traffic Commission shall be held in the City Council Chambers, Civic Center, 300 East Chapman Avenue, Orange, California, or at such other place as may be designated by the Traffic Commission, on the second Wednesday of each month and shall convene at the hour of 3:30 p.m. If any regular meeting date should fall on a holiday, the same day in the following week shall be designated as the meeting day. SECTION III. Section 10.06.080 is hereby amended to read as follows: 10.06.080 Duties of Traffic Commission: authorized: The City Traffic Commission is hereby A. To review and ad as specified in the context of the Chapter in matters of traffic and transportation engineering. B. To cause the notification of those individuals, organizations or agencies who would have an interest in an agendized item to be considered by the Traffic Commission. C. To convene advertised Public Hearings as hereinafter described for the purpose of soliciting public comments on items to be considered and aded upon thereafter by the Traffic Commission. D. To review and ad on all traffic and transportation engineering studies, investigations and reports as presented by the Secretary of the Traffic Commission pertaining to the installation, modification or removal of traffic control devices and the operation or modification of the multi-model transportation system.E. To initiate traffic and transportation engineering studies as needed or in response to requests from individuals, groups or agencies.F. To assist the City Planning Commission, City Council, City staff or other city affiliated individuals, groups or organizations with traffic and transportation engineering issues.G. To perform such other functions as the City Council may, from time to time, require.Adion 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 adion shall be advisory to the City Council and as such for these items, the Commission shall make a report together with recommendations for adions to the City Council:A. Action involving a matter for which State law requires a decision by the City Council.B. Action involving traffic improvements which have not been previously budgeted.C. Adion involving traffic related modifications to a larger geographic area, as opposed to a single location- specific item. SECTION IV.Section 10.06.081 is hereby added to Chapter 10.06 to read as follows:10.06.081 Duties of Secretary to Traffic Commission: The Secretary to \ he Traffic Commission is hereby authorized:A. To ad in his capacity as City Traffic Engineer in causing the investigation, analysis,documentation and study and report preparation to determine the need to install,modify or remove traffic control devices.B. To agendize traffic and transportation engineering reports and post the Traffic Commission Agenda, and other legal notices, within the time limits and at the places prescribed by State and C. To notify, prior to a scheduled Traffic Commission meeting, those individuals, organizations or agencie~ who may have an interest in an agendized Traffic Commission item of the time date and location where as that item will be considered by the Traffic Commission. D. To submit Traffic Commission Agendas to the City Council and City Clerk prior to the scheduled Traffic Commission meetings within the time periods prescribed by State law. E. To present studies and reports, or other pertinent data, for the installation, modification, or removal of traffic control devices to the Traffic Commission. F. To cause and maintain, upon approval of the Commission, full and correct minutes of each Traffic Commission meeting. G. To submit a summary of the Traffic Commission's actions to the City Council and City Clerk following each Traffic Commission meeting. H. To forward to the City Council those items acted on by the Traffic Commission meeting the criteria of required City Council action as described in Section 10.06.080 Duties of this Chapter. I. To prepare required Traffic Commission Resolutions denoting the findings of the Traffic Commission. The resolution shall be signed by the Chairman of the Traffic Commission and attested to by the Secretary to the Traffic Commission. The original resolution shall be forwarded to the City Clerk and a copy shall be retained by the Secretary to the Traffic Commission. J. To prepare and submit to the City Council, once each year, a resume of the Traffic Commission actions of the preceding year. K. To act in his capacity as City Traffic Engineer in implementing the actions of the Traffic Commission and City Council. SECTION V: Section 10.06.085 is hereby added to Chapter 10.06 to read as follows: Section 10.06.085 ADDeals to City Council. All acts and determinations of the Traffic Commic;sion are directly reviewable by the City Council which may affirm, reverse or modify al"'Y such act or determination as it deems in the best interests of the 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 jays 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 the appeal. E. The original of the appeal shall be filed in duplicate with the City Cler\(. F. If an appeal is requested, the same shall be heard in the same manner as prescribed for a public hearing before the Traffic Commission, upon notice. SECTION VI: 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 Cler\( 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 Cler\( shall post in the Office of the City Cler\( a certified copy of the full text of such adopted Ordinance along with the names of those City Council members voting for and against the Ordinance in accordance with Govemment Code Section 36933. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days from and after the date of its final passage. Adopted this 26 th day of Seotember, 1995. L_ <-- - l C-<-<--:,.~,~,-Jeanne Coontz, Mayor of the City of Orange ATTEST:STATE OF CALIFORNIA )COUNTY OF ORANGE )CITY OF ORANGE )I, CASSANDRA J. CATHCART, City Cler\( of the City of Orange, Califomia, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at the regular meeting of the City Council held on the Jl..th day of Seotember , 1995, and thereafter at the regular meeting ')~said Ci~V Council duly held on the 26 th day of Seotember, 1995, was duly pascet1 "".adopted by the following vote, to wit:AYES:NOES:ABSENT:ABSTAIN:COUNCIL MEMBERS: MURPHY, BARRERA, MAYOR COONTZ, SPURGEON, SLATER -COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE l ~Cassandra J. Cath City Clerk of the C'ORD NO. 14-95 PREPARED BY TRAFFIC ENGINEERING TYPED BY: P. THEN (x 5536)FILE NAME: 14-95 (F/ SHARE-DATAlANDREA)