Providing the Administration and Enforcement of the Regulations Governing Traffic upon Public Streets, Establishing Traffic Engineer, A Traffic Bureau

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Section 5. TRAFFIC COMMISSION, its powers and duties. -- (a) There is hereby established a traffic commission to serve without compensation, con- sisting of the city traffic engineer, the chief of the police ddpartment, commanding officer of the traffic bureau, two representatives of the common council, members ofthe board of public safety, and such number of other city officers and representatives of unofficial bodies as may be determined and appointed by the mayor. This chairman of the commission shall be sel- ected by the members of the commission. (b) It shall be the duty of the traffic commission, and to this end it shall have the authority within the limits of the funds at its disposal, to coordinate traffic activities, to supervise the preparation and publication of traffic reports, to receive complaints haveing to do with traffic matters, and. to recommend to the legislative body of this city, to the city traffic engineer, the commanding officer of the traffic bureau and other city officials ways and means for improving traffic conditions and the administration and enforcement of traf- fic regulations. (o) Jurisdiction of the traffic commission shall be advisory only and nothing in t his ordinance shall be construed to deprive any official or board of its powers and duties conferr- ed by statute or by any ordinance of this city, ARTICLE III Duties of the Traffic Bureau Section 6. DUTY OF TRAFFIC BUREAU. -- It shall be the duty of the traffic bureau and other off- icers of this city to enforce all street traffic laws of this city and all of the state vehicle laws applicable to street traffic in t his city. Officers of said bureau are hereby authorized to direct all traffic in conformance with traffic laws, provided that, in the event of a fire or other emergency, or to expedite traffic or to safeguard pedestrians, officers of tie police or fire departments may direct traffic as conditions may require notwithstanding the provisions of the traffic laws. Section 7. PROCEDURE UPON ARREST (a) Except when authorized or directed under state law to immediately take a person ar- rested for a violation of any of the traffic laws before a magistrate, any police officers, upon making the arrest for violation of the state traffic laws or traffic ordinances of this city, shall take the violator's name, address, operator's license number, and the registration number of the motor vehicle involved, and issue to him in writing on a form provided by the board of safety a notice to answer to the charge against him within 48 hours during business hours and at a place specified in the notice. The officer shall thereupon, and upon giving by the violator of his written promise to answer as specified in the noticd, release him from custody. The arresting officer shall deliver one copy of such notice to the commanding officer of the traffic bureau and one copy to the clerk of the city court. (b) Whenever any motor vehicle without driver if found parked -or stopped in. violation of any of the restrictions imposed by ordinance of this city or by state law, the officer find- ing such vehicle shall take its registration number and may take any other information display- ed on the vehicle which may identify its user, and shall comspicuously affix to such vehicle a notice in writing, on a form provided by the board of safety, for the driver to answer to the charge against him within 48 hours during the hours and at a place specified in the notice. The officer shall deliver one copy of such notice to the commanding officer of the traffic bureau and one copy to the clerk of the city court. Section 8. RECORDS OF TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. (a ) The traffic bureau shall keep a, record of all violations of the traffic ordinances of this city or of the state vehicle laws of which any person has been charged, together with a record of the final disposition of all such alleged offenses. Such record shall kecso,mai.is-_>r:.';` twined as to whow all types of violations and the total of each. Said records shall accumulate until a five -year period is covered and from that time on the record shall be maintained complete for the most recent five -year period. •(b) All such records and reports shall be available for use and study by the city traffic engineer. 2.