TRAFFIC ENGINEERING

Tulsa Revised Ordinances tit. 11, ch. 3

in effect

Tulsa Revised Ordinances tit. 11, § 300 Traffic Engineering duties.

Section 300. - Traffic Engineering duties. The Director of Public Works is authorized and empowered to: A. Place and maintain traffic control devices; B. Designate cross-walks, safety zones and traffic lanes as may be deemed necessary to protect the safety and welfare of the citizens of the City; C. Determine those intersections at which drivers of vehicles shall not make a right or left turn, place proper signs at such intersections and, when appropriate, place marks, buttons or signs within or adjacent to intersections indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning at such intersections; D. Determine the location of passenger zones and freight-loading zones, and place and maintain appropriate signs or markings indicating such zones and stating the hours during which the provisions of this section are applicable; E. Determine the necessity for and the most feasible location of taxicab stands; F. Determine the necessity for and the most feasible location for bus stops; G. Determine and establish passenger common carrier stands in such places and in such numbers as shall be of the greatest benefit and convenience to the public; H. Determine and establish "No Parking Zones" upon any street adjacent to school property when parking in such zones would interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation; I. Determine, designate and establish one-way streets, avenues and roadways within the City and erect appropriate signs providing notice thereof; J. Administer all phases of a comprehensive program of street lighting; K. Make regulations necessary to enforce the provisions of the Revised Ordinances of the City of Tulsa pertaining to traffic control, and make and enforce temporary regulations to cover emergency or special conditions; L. Make temporary experimental rules regulating traffic or testing traffic control devices under actual conditions of traffic; provided, however, that no such experimental rule regulating traffic shall remain in effect for more than ninety (90) days; and M. Enforce the provisions of Stopping, Standing and Parking Regulations of the Traffic Code of the City. (Ord. Nos. 14297, 17285)

Tulsa Revised Ordinances tit. 11, § 301 Appeals.

Section 301. - Appeals. Any person, firm or corporation aggrieved by any regulation, rule or order issued under authority of the Director may appeal to the governing body of the City, and upon proper hearing the governing body of the City, as it deems necessary and for good cause, may nullify or modify any regulation, rule or order issued by the Director. (Ord. Nos. 6181, 17285)

Tulsa Revised Ordinances tit. 11, § 302 Parking investigators.

Section 302. - Parking investigators. A. Traffic citations for violations of the penal provisions of the Stopping, Standing and Parking Regulations of the Traffic Code of the City may be issued by those employees of the Public Works Department classified as Parking Investigators. Police power is conferred upon Parking Investigators subject to the limitations herein prescribed. B. The citations shall be of such form and substance to be acceptable to invoke the jurisdiction of the Municipal Court, and shall contain sufficient information to advise the person so charged of the title and section of the Revised Ordinances of the City of Tulsa which is alleged to have been violated and how the alleged violation may be contested. C. Parking Investigators shall carry, at all times during the performance of their duties, identification of their authority; and they shall exhibit such identification upon request when conducting their duties of code enforcement. D. Parking Investigators shall wear such uniforms as may be approved by the Director. E. Parking Investigators are not authorized to physically subdue nor take into custody any alleged violator unless accompanied by a regular police officer or peace officer. F. Parking Investigators are not authorized to carry any type of firearm in the performance of their duties. G. Parking Investigators are not authorized, under any circumstances, to accept money, cash, checks, money orders or anything of value in payment of a fine. H. Nothing contained in this section shall in any way detract from nor diminish the powers and authority of the Tulsa Police Department to enforce the provisions of the Tulsa Revised Ordinances. (Ord. Nos. 14298, 17285)

Tulsa Revised Ordinances tit. 11, § 303 Temporary restricted parking.

Section 303. - Temporary restricted parking. Any person, firm or corporation desiring to have a regulated on-street parking space temporarily restricted shall submit the Temporary Restricted Parking form to the Parking Manager or their designee stating the location of the parking spaces requested, the purpose and the duration of the request. If the Director of Public Works Parking Manager or Special Events Coordinator determines that the requested restriction is justified, he/she shall temporarily restrict the requested parking spaces upon payment of the fee in advance by the applicant. The fee to restrict a regulated parking space is based on the rates pursuant to Title 37, Chapter 5, Section 503B. The Director of Public Works, Special Events Coordinator or Parking Manager shall consider the following factors in determining whether restricting a regulated parking space is justified: A. Whether the restriction will benefit the orderly control of traffic on the public streets; B. Whether the restriction is required to temporarily provide increased access to adjacent property; and C. Whether the restriction is required to temporarily accommodate special uses of the public right-of-way which are of general benefit to the public at large. Any person who objects to the grant or denial by the Director of Public Works, Special Events Coordinator or Parking Manager of an application for restricting a parking space may file a written protest with the governing body of the City setting forth the reasons for the objection. Each protest will be promptly reviewed by the governing body of the City at its next available meeting to determine whether restricting the parking space is justified. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit the Director of Public Works, Special Events Coordinator or Parking Manager from restricting a parking space when he/she determines that such restriction is in the best interest of the public safety or convenience, nor shall it prevent the restriction of a parking space by licensed funeral directors in accordance with Title 37, Chapter 9, Section 910. (Ord. No. 24089, § 1, 3-6-2019)

Source: City of Tulsa, Revised Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ok/tulsa/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_TIT11PUWODE_CH3TRENFetched: 10/28/2026