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 Texas 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 413, sec. 3, adopted 2/26/14)
(a) 
The operator of a vehicle shall comply with an applicable official traffic-control device placed as provided by this chapter unless the person is:
(1) 
Otherwise directed by a traffic or police officer; or
(2) 
Operating an authorized emergency vehicle and is subject to exceptions under this chapter or subtitle C of the Transportation Code.
(b) 
A provision of this chapter requiring an official traffic-control device may not be enforced against an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged violation the device is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to an ordinary observant person.
(Ordinance 413, sec. 3, adopted 2/26/14)
(a) 
A person may not place, maintain, or display on or in view of a highway an unauthorized sign, signal, marking, or device that:
(1) 
Imitates or resembles an official traffic-control device or railroad sign or signal;
(2) 
Attempts to direct the movement of traffic; or
(3) 
Hides from view or hinders the effectiveness of an official traffic-control device or railroad sign or signal.
(b) 
A person may not place or maintain on a highway, and a public authority may not permit on a highway, a traffic sign or signal bearing commercial advertising.
(c) 
A person may not place or maintain a flashing light or flashing electric sign within 1,000 feet of an intersection except under a permit issued by the state transportation commission.
(d) 
This section does not prohibit a person from placing on private property adjacent to a highway a sign that gives useful directional information and that cannot be mistaken for an official sign. Such signs must be in accordance with chapter 32 of this code.
(e) 
A sign, signal, light, or marking prohibited under this section is a public nuisance. The chief of police may remove that sign, signal, light, or marking without notice.
(Ordinance 413, sec. 3, adopted 2/26/14)
A person may not, without lawful authority, alter, injure, knock down, or remove or attempt to alter, injure, knock down, or remove:
(1) 
An official traffic-control device or railroad sign or signal;
(2) 
An inscription, shield, or insignia on an official traffic-control device or railroad sign or signal; or
(3) 
Another part of an official traffic-control device or railroad sign or signal.
(Ordinance 413, sec. 3, adopted 2/26/14)
(a) 
The city administrator shall have the duty of installing all traffic signs, signals and marking, acting pursuant to an ordinance and/or resolution of the city council. Such devices shall be installed as soon as they can be procured.
(b) 
The city council shall, by resolution and/or ordinance, approve the installation of all regulatory traffic-control devices. Such authorization shall be filed with the city secretary, stating the type of device and its location.
(c) 
The city secretary shall maintain a list of all traffic-control devices. Future installations, removals, or maintenance of the traffic-control devices shall be entered in the inventory as they occur.
(Ordinance 413, sec. 3, adopted 2/26/14)
(a) 
Whenever official traffic-control devices are placed in position approximately conforming to the requirements of this chapter, 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 chapter and purporting to conform to the lawful requirements pertaining to such devices shall be presumed to comply with the requirements of this chapter, unless the contrary shall be established by competent evidence.
(Ordinance 413, sec. 3, adopted 2/26/14)
All traffic-control signs, signals, devices and markings placed or erected prior to the adoption of this code and in use for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic are hereby affirmed, ratified and declared to be official traffic-control devices, provided such devices are not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter or state law. Additionally, all traffic-control signs, signals, devices and markings placed or erected after adoption of this code within the existing city limits will be declared to be official traffic-control devices, provided such traffic-control devices are not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter or state law.
(Ordinance 413, sec. 3, adopted 2/26/14)
The chief of police and members of the public safety department (regular and reserve officers) are empowered to enforce all traffic-control devices including signs, signals and markings installed within the city. Any traffic-control device actually in place on any street shall constitute prima facie evidence that the same was installed by the city staff pursuant to the authority of this article.
(Ordinance 413, sec. 3, adopted 2/26/14)
Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this article shall be punished as provided in section 542.401 of the Texas Transportation Code.
(Ordinance 413, sec. 3, adopted 2/26/14)