The provisions of this article are deemed to be necessary to
promote the health, safety, property and general welfare of the residents
of the city.
(1996 Code, sec. 82-201)
All traffic-control signs, parking signs and other signs purporting
to govern the operation or location of vehicles shall be presumed
to be valid, official, authorized and properly situated, and in any
proceeding brought to enforce the provisions of this article, the
burden shall be on the person contesting such presumption to rebut
it by presenting competent evidence.
(1996 Code, sec. 82-202)
All of the streets of this city, except those specifically vacated,
and all portions of any such streets, are hereby declared to be public
streets. Persons violating the provisions of this article shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and punishable by a fine not to exceed $500.00.
In the prosecution under this article, for the offense of illegal
parking, the complaint, if in other respects sufficient in form, shall
as to the portion thereof seeking to acknowledge the offense, be sufficient
if it in substance alleges that the defendant did while driving a
motor vehicle in the city commit the offense of illegal parking.
(1996 Code, sec. 82-203)
