SEOUL METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT ORDINANCE ON TRAFFIC SAFETY OF CHILDREN’S COMMUTING ROUTES
Article 1 (Purpose)
The purpose of this Ordinance is to promote the traffic safety on children’s commuting routes by prescribing the matters necessary for protecting children from the risk of traffic accidents in the children protection zone and on the commuting routes designated pursuant to Article 12 of the Road Traffic Act.
Article 2 (Definition)
The terms used in this Ordinance shall be defined as follows:
Article 3 (Responsibilities)
(1) The Mayor of the Seoul Metropolitan Government (hereinafter referred to as “Mayor”) shall devise the policies necessary for the establishment and improvement of various facilities for children’s traffic safety and for the preventive measures against children’s traffic accident.
Article 4 (Establishment of Master Plan, Etc.)
(1) The mayor shall establish a master plan, every five years, necessary for securing children’s traffic safety while they commute to and from schools and annually prepare the master plan’s implementation plan.
Article 5 (Investigation of Actual Condition)
The Mayor shall annually investigate actual conditions of the traffic safety facilities and the objects annexed to the routes within the children protection zone and children’s commuting routes and the matters necessary for improvement thereof, have the results of the aforementioned investigation reflected in the master and implementation plans under Article 4 (1) and may request the head of Gu to provide any data concerning the aforementioned matters.
Article 6 (Designation, Etc. of Children’s Commuting Routes)
(1) Where deemed necessary to protect children from the risks of traffic accident, the Mayor may designate part of the children protection zone and the streets nearby the educational facility as a children’s commuting route, after thoroughly examining the traffic circumstances and effectiveness, etc of the children commuting route.
Article 7 (Controling Vehicles in the Children Protection Zone)
To ensure that the practice of controlling vehicles in the children protection zone, for each section and time slot, takes root as soon as possible in accordance with Article 9 of the Rules concerning Designation and Management of the Protective Zone for Children, the Elderly and the Disabled, the Mayor may provide administrative and financial support, through proactive consultation with the Commissioner of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency.
Article 8 (Safety Education for Children)
(1) Where it is necessary for the children in educational facilities, the Mayor may conduct a traffic safety education for them.
Article 9 (Traffic Safety Instructor, Etc.)
(1) The Mayor may recruit and operate a traffic safety instructor whose role is to protect children from various risks that may occur while the children vulnerable to traffic safety accidents are commuting to and from schools.
Article 10 (Financial Support)
Concerning the matters provided for in this Ordinance, the Mayor may financially support the concerned autonomous administrative body, etc. within the budget.
Article 11 (Delegation of Authority)
The Mayor may carry out part of the affairs pursuant to the provisions in this Ordinance through entrusting it to the head of Gu.
Article 12 (Enforcement Rules)
The matters necessary for enforcement of this Ordinance shall be prescribed by rule.
ADDENDUM <Ordinance No. 5583, Oct. 4, 2013> |