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Title 15 : Motor Vehicles, Traffic and Parking
Chapter 2 : Administration And Enforcement

15-207 : Traffic commission.

  1. There is hereby established a traffic commission to serve without compensation, consisting of the city traffic engineer, the chief of police, the city attorney and such other city officers and representatives of unofficial bodies as may be determined and appointed by the mayor. The chairman of the commission shall be appointed by the mayor and may be removed by him.
  2. 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 carry on educational activities in traffic matters, to supervise the preparation and publication of traffic reports, to receive complaints having to do with traffic matters and to recommend to the legislative body of the city and to the city traffic engineer, the chief of police and other city officials, ways and means for improving traffic conditions and the administration and enforcement of traffic regulations. (1973 Code, § 11-25)