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)