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 town 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)
No person shall without lawful authority attempt to or in fact
alter, deface, injure, knock down, or remove any official traffic-control
device or any railroad sign or signal or any inscription, shield,
or insignia thereon, or any other part thereof.
(1997 Code, sec. 70.25)
There may be installed, at such points on streets and avenues
in the city as may be directed by the city council, appropriate signs
notifying drivers of vehicles to come to a full stop. Such signs,
devices, or marks are to bear the word “stop” and shall
have the specifications required by the state Manual on Uniform Traffic
Control Devices. Whenever any such sign has been erected, it shall
be unlawful for the driver or operator of any vehicle to fail to stop
in obedience thereto. The operator of any vehicle who has come to
a full stop as required above shall be subject to the right-of-way
prescribed by law.
(1997 Code, sec. 70.26)