ARTICLE II. - ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Part of the Code of Ordinances of Central Falls, RI.
The text
Sec. 36-37. - Powers and duties of public safety director.#
Except as otherwise provided by the city council or by this article, the director of public safety shall have the power, and it shall be his duty, to designate one-way streets, loading zones, restricted and prohibited areas, through streets, pedestrian crosswalks, parking lanes, hospital zones, school zones, and restricted speed areas. The director of public safety shall also have the authority to determine the necessity for, and location of, stop signs, traffic lights, street markings, and all other signs, signals, markings and devices regulating traffic within the boundaries of the city. In making such decisions, the director shall consider the public safety and the need for adequate traffic flow and parking.
(Code 1973, § 16-2-1; Code 1994, § 38-2)
Sec. 36-38. - Training and certification of school crossing guards.#
(a)
Qualifications. Be it ordained that all school crossing guards shall:
(1)
Be 18 years or older;
(2)
Must clear in a criminal background check;
(3)
Be physically capable of performing the duties and activities involved with performing this position;
(4)
Must pass a pre-employment drug test;
(5)
Shall be identifiable to the public by wearing assigned uniforms; and
(6)
Must be certified by the police department as having successfully completed the training program.
(b)
Authority of police department. The police department is hereby empowered to:
(1)
Create a uniform crossing guard training program; and
(2)
Issue certificates of completion to successful trainees.
(c)
Funding. Costs associated with this program will be funded by the school district.
(Code 1994, § 38-321; Ord. of 6-1-2005(4))
Sec. 36-39. - Designation of one-way streets, restricted parking zones, traffic control devices, etc.; notice to chief of police, traffic division.#
When the director of public safety, in the exercise of his power given through section 36-37, has designated a one-way street, loading zone, restricted or prohibited parking area, through street, pedestrian crosswalk, taxicab stand, bus stop, parking lane, hospital zone, school zone, or restricted speed area, or has determined the necessity for, and the location of, a stop sign, traffic signal, street marking, or any other sign, signal, marking or device regulating traffic, he shall notify the chief of police, in writing, of such designation or determination. It shall then be the duty of the chief of police to notify the traffic division of the city of such order, and compliance with this section will be followed as provided in section 4-501 of the charter.
(Code 1973, § 16-2-2; Code 1994, § 38-3)
Sec. 36-40. - Signs or markings indicating angle parking.#
(a)
The director of public safety shall determine upon what streets, if any, angle parking shall be permitted, and shall mark or sign such streets, but such angle parking shall not be indicated upon any federal aid or state highway within the city unless the state traffic commission has determined, by resolution or order entered in its minutes, that the roadway is of sufficient width to permit angle parking without interfering with the free movement of traffic.
(b)
Angle parking shall not be indicated or permitted at any place where passing traffic would thereby be caused or required to drive upon the left side of the roadway.
(Code 1973, § 16-12-2; Code 1994, § 38-232)
Sec. 36-41. - Authority to temporarily close streets and detour traffic.#
The city traffic division shall have the authority to declare any roadway, street, highway, or any part thereof, closed for the purpose of moving buildings, demolition of buildings, rebuilding of highways, sewer construction, water construction, gas construction, or telephone or electrical duct construction, because of the impossibilities of hazardous conditions of regular travel over the roadway, at the construction site, and shall detour traffic to another street, roadway or highway as may be deemed necessary.
(Code 1973, § 16-4-11; Code 1994, § 38-52)
Sec. 36-42. - Designation of public carrier stops and stands.#
The traffic division and public safety director are hereby authorized to establish bus stops, bus stands, taxicab stands, and stands for other passenger common carrier motor vehicles or conveyances on such public streets, in such places, and in such numbers as they deem necessary to the greater benefit and convenience of the public, and every such bus stop, stand and taxicab stand shall be designated by appropriate signs.
(Code 1973, § 16-14-4; Code 1994, § 38-246)
Sec. 36-43. - Traffic division to regulate, designate and maintain taxicab stands.#
The city traffic division is hereby authorized to establish taxicab stand locations, and designate the number of taxicabs allowed to operate from any such stand. The traffic division shall place and maintain appropriate signs for such taxicab stands, as directed by the public safety director.
(Code 1973, § 16-14-5; Code 1994, § 38-247)