[Prior Code, § 310.020; Penalty, see § 10.99]
All traffic-control signs, signals and devices shall so far as practicable conform to the manual and specifications approved by the State Highway Commission or resolution adopted by the Board of Aldermen. All signs or signals required hereunder for a practicable purpose shall so far as practicable be uniform as to type and location throughout the City. All traffic-control devices so erected and not inconsistent with the provisions of this Traffic Code shall be official traffic-control devices.
[Prior Code, § 310.030; Penalty, see § 10.99]
The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic-control device applicable thereto placed in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter, unless otherwise directed by a traffic or police officer, subject to the exceptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle in the ordinance.
[Prior Code, § 310.040; Penalty, see § 10.99]
No provision of this Traffic Code for which official traffic-control devices are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged violation an official device is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person. Whenever a particular section does not state that official traffic-control devices are required, such section shall be effective even though no devices are erected or in place.
[Prior Code, § 310.050; Penalty, see § 10.99]
(A) 
Whenever official traffic-control devices are placed in position approximately conforming to the requirements of this Traffic Code, such devices shall be presumed to have been so placed by the official act or direction of lawful authority, unless the contrary shall be established by competent evidence.
(B) 
Any official traffic-control device placed pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter and purporting to conform to the lawful requirements pertaining to such devices shall be presumed to comply with the requirements of this Traffic Code, unless the contrary shall be established by competent evidence.
[Prior Code, § 310.090; Penalty, see § 10.99]
No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in view of any highway an unauthorized sign, signal, marking or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic-control device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic or which hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of any official traffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal.