CHAPTER 11 Title 9 Creation of Traffic Commission
CHAPTER 11
TRAFFIC COMMISSION
SECTION:
9-11-1: Creation of Traffic Commission
9-11-2: Purpose
9-11-3: Composition
9-11-4: Powers, Duties and Responsibilities
9-11-5: Appeals
9-11-6: Severability
SECTION 1:
9-11-1: CREATION OF TRAFFIC COMMISSION: A Traffic Commission is hereby
created for the City of Ammon. The same shall be known as the “Ammon Traffic Commission”.
SECTION 2:
9-11-2: PURPOSE: The Ammon Traffic Commission is created to advise the Mayor
and City Council on all matters related to traffic, parking, and the regulation of vehicular and
pedestrian use of the city’s streets, alleys and rights of way and to administer the same.
SECTION 3:
9-11-3: COMPOSITION: The Ammon Traffic Commission shall consist of the city
administrator, the public works director, the city engineer, the code enforcement officer, city
planner, and one City Council member appointed by the Mayor. The City Council member shall
be an ex-officio member. The city administrator may temporarily appoint a city employee to any
vacancy of the Ammon Traffic Commission, except the City Council member position.
SECTION 4: POWERS, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The Ammon Traffic
Commission shall have the following powers, duties, and responsibilities:
A. To inform the City Council of any proposed substantial changes in traffic circulation,
parking or related matters and to seek policy guidance from the City Council on the
same.
B. To give reasonable notice and seek input from parties who may be substantially affected
by any decisions of the Ammon Traffic Commission.
C. To recommend amendments to any portion of this code or any City ordinance which in
any manner relates to traffic or parking.
D. To establish locations within the city for the regulation of all matters relating to parking
including, without limitation, time limit parking, no parking, loading and unloading zones,
bus stops, taxi zones, handicapped parking, school zones and pedestrian zones and to
erect appropriate signage therefor.
E. To establish locations for crosswalks and speed bumps and to erect appropriate signage
therefor.
F. To establish locations for one-way traffic and to erect appropriate signage therefor.
G. To establish locations for all markings on curbs and in the rights of way.
H. To establish locations for all traffic regulations including, without limitation, speed limits,
yield signs, stop signs, truck routes, and traffic lights and to erect appropriate signage
therefor.
I. To establish requirements for disabled persons parking zones and spaces within the city
pursuant to Idaho Code and to erect appropriate signage therefor.
J. To determine the installation, location and proper timing and maintenance of traffic
control devices.
K. To conduct analyses of traffic accidents and conditions and to devise remedial measures
therefor.
L. To plan the operation of traffic on the streets and to cooperate with other city officials,
employees and agents in the development of ways to improve traffic conditions, and to
carry out the additional powers and duties imported by the provisions of this code.
M. To hear appeals from any person regarding parking violations, citations, and infractions
and determine whether to uphold, waive, or reduce said violation, citation or infraction.
SECTION 5:
9-11-5: APPEALS: Any person aggrieved by any decision made by the Ammon
Traffic Commission under the provisions of this chapter may make an appeal therefrom to the
City Council by delivering notice of such appeal to the city within thirty (30) days of such
decision. Such notice shall be in writing, addressed to the Ammon Traffic Commission and shall
be hand delivered or mailed via certified mail to the Ammon Traffic Commission. Failure to
deliver such notice within the thirty (30) day period shall result in the waiver of the right to
appeal. After receipt of such notice, the city shall schedule a hearing at the next regularly
scheduled City Council meeting which takes place more than five (5) business days after receipt
of such notice. At such hearing, the City Council shall determine whether the decision appealed
is reasonable, and shall thereupon sustain, overrule, or modify such decision or remand to the
Ammon Traffic Commission for further consideration. The City Council member who serves ex
officio on the Ammon Traffic Commission shall participate and vote in proceedings under this
section unless otherwise unable to do so.
SECTION 6:
9-11-6: SEVERABILITY: This ordinance is hereby declared to be severable. Should any portion
of this ordinance be declared invalid by a Court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining portions
shall continue in full force and effect and shall be read to carry out the purpose(s) of the
ordinance before the declaration of partial invalidity.