10.24.047 Procedure for temporary closure or restriction.
A. The City Traffic Engineer shall have the authority to approve all temporary closures and restrictions provided for in RMC 10.24.045.A that will not exceed 24 hours in duration or that are necessary to address an emergency.
B. The City Public Works Director shall have the authority to approve all temporary closures and restrictions provided for in RMC 10.24.045.A that will exceed 24 hours in duration but will not exceed 72 hours in duration.
C. The City’s Technical Committee shall have the authority to approve all temporary closures and restrictions provided for in RMC 10.24.045.A that will exceed 72 hours in duration but will not exceed 14 days in duration.
D. City Council approval shall be required for all temporary closures and restrictions provided for in RMC 10.24.045.A that will exceed 14 days in duration. The City Traffic Engineer shall, with the approval of the Mayor, place advance written notice of any proposed closure that will exceed 14 days on the regular agenda of the City Council. The notice will include a description of the proposed closure or restriction recommended by the City Traffic Engineer, including the street, road, or highway involved, and the length of time that the proposed closure or restriction will remain in effect.
The City Council may accept, reject or modify the proposed closure or restriction recommended by the City Traffic Engineer. Failure of the City Council to take action upon the notice shall be deemed an approval of the action proposed by the notice.
E. Whenever a street closure or restriction has been approved as provided in this section, the Public Works Department shall immediately do the following:
1. Publish the notice of closure in the official newspaper of the City; and
2. Publish the notice of closure through official electronic communication means of the City; and
3. Notify the Mayor and City Council of the closure via electronic communication means; and
4. Post a like notice, on or prior to the date of publication, in a conspicuous place at each end of the street, road, highway, or portion thereof to be closed or restricted.
5. No street, road or highway, or portion thereof, may be closed sooner than three days after the publication and posting of the notice herein provided for; provided, however, that in cases of emergency or conditions the following may apply:
a. The maximum time the closure will be in effect is 72 hours or less.
b. The City Traffic Engineer may, without publication or delay, close streets, roads or highways temporarily by posting notice at each end of the closed portion thereof and at all intersecting highways if the closing is of a portion of a highway, at all intersecting highways and roads if the closing is of a portion of a road, and at all intersecting streets if the closing is of a street.
c. In all emergency cases or conditions in which the maximum time the closure will be in effect is 72 hours or less, as herein provided, the orders of the City Traffic Engineer shall be immediately effective; provided further, action taken under this section in cases involving state highways shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of Transportation.
F. The authority and procedures set forth in this section shall control over any contrary authority or procedures set forth in the Model Traffic Ordinance, as adopted by the City in RMC Chapter 10.10. (Ord. 3097 § 3, 2022; Ord. 1477 § 7, 1989).