Section 300.070

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION

Chapter 300

Effective - 28 Aug 1965   

  300.070.  Traffic commission established — powers and duties. — 1.  There is established a traffic commission to serve without compensation, consisting of the city traffic engineer, the chief of police or in his discretion as his representative the chief of the traffic division, the chairman of the city council traffic committee, and one representative each from the city engineer's office and the city attorney's office and such number of 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 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 the traffic division, and other city officials ways and means for improving traffic conditions and the administration and enforcement of traffic regulations.

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(L. 1965 p. 445 § 13)