§ 19-340 — Lane closure/traffic control

Sec. 19-340. - Lane closure/traffic control.

(a) The key business executive of the department of transportation is authorized to adopt, amend, and repeal standards and provisions governing the closing of any portion of the right-of-way to vehicular, pedestrian or other traffic, including standards and requirements for warning and controlling traffic including, but not limited to, development and enforcement of a Work Area Traffic Control Handbook (WATCH). The standards and provisions may provide that certain closings or traffic warning and control activities may be undertaken only in accordance with a utility work permit issued pursuant to such standards and provisions. The standards and provisions shall also address emergency situations and activities. (b) It shall be unlawful for any person to close any portion of the right-of-way to vehicular, pedestrian, or other traffic in violation of the standards and provisions adopted pursuant to subsection (a). (c) It shall be unlawful for any person to close any portion of the right-of-way to vehicular, pedestrian, or other traffic without a utility work permit if the standards and provisions adopted pursuant to subsection (a) require a utility permit for such closing.

(Ord. No. 3730, § 1, 10-22-2007)