All traffic-control devices including signs, signals and markings
(pavement and/or curb) installed or used for the purpose of directing
and controlling traffic within the city shall conform with the manual
and specifications adopted by the state transportation commission
as provided in V.T.C.A., Transportation Code, section 544.001. All
signs, signals and markings erected or used by the city must conform
to the manual and specifications adopted under V.T.C.A., Transportation
Code, section 544.001. All existing traffic-control devices and those
erected in the future by the city being consistent with the manual
and specifications, state law and this section shall be official traffic-control
devices.
(Ordinance adopting Code)
The driver of any vehicle, motor vehicle or animal shall obey
the instructions of any official traffic-control device, sign, signal,
or marking applicable thereto placed in accordance with this article,
unless otherwise directed by a police officer, subject to the exceptions
granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle permitted by
this article.
(1993 Code, sec. 10.102)
No person shall without lawful authority attempt to or in fact
alter, deface, injure, knock down or remove any official traffic-control
device, sign or signal or any railroad sign or signal or any inscription,
shield, or insignia thereon, or any part thereof.
(1993 Code, sec. 10.105)
(a) The city council shall direct the person so designated [who] shall
have the duty of erecting or installing upon, along, or beside any
highway, street or alley signs, signals and markings, or cause the
same to be erected, installed or placed in accordance with ordinance
and consistent with the manual. Said traffic-control devices shall
be installed immediately, or as soon as such specific device, sign,
or signal can be procured.
(b) Whenever the person so designated by city council has erected and
installed any official traffic-control device, signal or sign at any
location in the city, or has caused the same to be done under his
direction, in obedience to this article and the manual, shall thereafter
file a report with the city administrator in writing and signed officially
by the superintendent, stating the type of traffic-control device,
sign or signal and when and where the same was erected and installed.
The city administrator shall file and maintain such report of the
superintendent among the official papers of the office of the city
administrator.
(1993 Code, sec. 10.106; Ordinance
adopting Code)
It being unlawful for any person other than the superintendent,
acting pursuant to this article of the city, to install or cause to
be installed any signal, sign or device purporting to direct the use
of the streets or the activities on those streets or pedestrians,
vehicles, motor vehicles, or animals, proof, in any prosecution for
a violation of this article or any traffic ordinance of the city,
that any traffic-control device, sign, signal or marking was actually
in place on any street shall constitute prima facie evidence that
the same was installed by the superintendent pursuant to the authority
of this article.
(1993 Code, sec. 10.107)
Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this article shall be punished by a fine in accordance with the general penalty provision found in section
1.01.009 of this code.
(1993 Code, sec. 10.108)