The city manager or his assigns shall place and maintain official
traffic control devices when and as required under this traffic code
to make effective the provisions of this code, and may place and maintain
such additional official traffic control devices as he may deem necessary
to regulate, warn or guide traffic under this code and state law.
(1995 Code of Ordinances, Title VII, Chapter 70,
Section 70.20)
(a) All traffic
control signs, signals and devices shall conform to the manual and
specifications approved by the state commission on highways and public
transportation. All signs and signals required hereunder for a particular
purpose shall so far as practicable be uniform as to type and location
throughout the city.
(b) All traffic
control devices so erected and not inconsistent with the provisions
of state law and this article shall be official traffic control devices.
(1995 Code of Ordinances, Title VII, Chapter 70,
Section 70.21)
(a) Whenever
official traffic control devices are placed in position approximately
conforming to the requirements of this subchapter, 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 traffic
code and purporting to conform to the lawful requirement 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.
(1995 Code of Ordinances, Title VII, Chapter 70,
Section 70.22)
The city manager or his assigns is authorized:
(1) To designate
and maintain, by appropriate devices, marks, or lines upon the surface
of the roadway, crosswalks at intersections where in his opinion there
is particular danger to pedestrians crossing the roadway, and at such
other places as he may deem necessary.
(2) To establish
safety zones of such kind and character and at such places as he may
deem necessary for the protection of pedestrians.
(3) To mark
traffic lanes upon the roadway of any street or highway where a regular
alignment of traffic is necessary.
(1995 Code of Ordinances, Title VII, Chapter 70,
Section 70.23)
All traffic control signs, signals, devices and markings heretofore
placed or erected by the chief of police or other officers or employees
of the city and now in use for the purposes of regulating, warning
or guiding traffic are hereby affirmed, ratified and confirmed to
be official traffic control devices; provided, however, such traffic
control devices are not inconsistent with the provisions of state
law or this traffic code.
(1995 Code of Ordinances, Title VII, Chapter 70,
Section 70.24)