All traffic-control signs, signals and devices shall conform
to the manual and specifications approved by the state transportation
commission. All signs and signals required under this chapter for
a particular 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 state law or
this chapter shall be official traffic-control devices.
(1959 Code, sec. 18-24; 1983 Code,
sec. 16-62; Ordinance 2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
Any person failing or refusing to comply with the directions
indicated on any sign or marker erected or placed in accordance with
the provisions of this article when so placed or erected shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor.
(1959 Code, sec. 18-2; Ordinance
4448, sec. 2, adopted 6/30/1964; 1983 Code, sec. 16-8; Ordinance
2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
No provision of this chapter for which signs are required shall
be enforced against an alleged violator if at the time and place of
the alleged violation an official sign is not in proper position and
sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person.
Whenever a particular section does not state that signs are required,
such section shall be effective even though no signs are erected or
in place.
(1959 Code, sec. 18-25; 1983 Code,
sec. 16-63; Ordinance 2012-O0032, sec. 1, adopted 4/10/2012)
