(a) 
The city council shall by ordinance direct that the street superintendent shall have the duty of erecting or installing upon, over, 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 this article 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 street superintendent 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 secretary in writing and signed officially by the street superintendent, stating the type of traffic-control device, sign or signal, and when and where the same was erected and installed. The city secretary shall file and maintain such report of the street superintendent among the official papers of the office of the city secretary.
(c) 
It being unlawful for any person other than the street superintendent, acting pursuant to an ordinance 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 of pedestrians, vehicles, motor vehicles, or animals, proof, in any prosecution for a violation of this article 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 street superintendent pursuant to the authority of this article and of the ordinance directing the installation of such device, signal or marking.
(Ordinance 1044, secs. 6, 7, adopted 1/12/76; 1996 Code, sec. 10.401)
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 1044, sec. 1, adopted 1/12/76; 1996 Code, sec. 10.402; Ordinance adopting 2022 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.
(Ordinance 1044, sec. 2, adopted 1/12/76; 1996 Code, sec. 10.403)
No provision of this article for which signs are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged violation an official sign is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person. Whenever a particular section does not state that signs are required, such section shall be effective even though no signs are erected or in place.
(Ordinance 1006, sec. 43, adopted 11/6/67; 1996 Code, sec. 10.405)
(a) 
No person shall place, maintain, or display upon or in view of any highway, street or alley any unauthorized signs, signal, marking, or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic-control device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts or directs the movement of traffic, or which hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of any official control device or any railroad sign or signal.
(b) 
No person shall place or maintain nor shall any public authority permit upon any highway, street or alley any traffic sign or signal bearing thereon any commercial advertising.
(c) 
This section shall not be deemed to prohibit the erection upon private property adjacent to highways, streets or alleys of signs giving useful information and of a type that cannot be mistaken for official signs.
(d) 
Every such prohibited sign, signal or marking is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and the chief of police is hereby empowered to remove the same or cause it to be moved without notice.
(Ordinance 1044, sec. 4, adopted 1/12/76; 1996 Code, sec. 10.409)
The chief of police shall have authority to declare any street or part thereof a play street and to place appropriate signs or devices in the roadway indicating and helping to protect the same.
(Ordinance 1006, sec. 49, adopted 11/6/67; 1996 Code, sec. 10.411)
Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating any street or part thereof as a play street, no person shall drive a vehicle upon any such street or portion thereof except drivers of vehicles having business or whose residences are within such closed area, and then any said driver shall exercise the highest degree of care in driving upon any such street or portion thereof.
(Ordinance 1006, sec. 50, adopted 11/6/67; 1996 Code, sec. 10.412)
The city traffic engineer is hereby authorized:
(1) 
To designate and maintain, by appropriate devices, marks, or lines upon the surface of the roadway, crosswalks at intersections where in his opinion there is particular danger to pedestrians crossing the roadway, and at such other places as he may deem necessary;
(2) 
To establish safety zones of such kind and character and at such places as he may deem necessary for the protection of pedestrians.
(Ordinance 1006, sec. 51, adopted 11/6/67; 1996 Code, sec. 10.413)
(a) 
The city traffic engineer is hereby authorized to mark traffic lanes upon the roadway of any street or highway where a regular alignment of traffic is necessary.
(b) 
Where such traffic lanes have been marked, it shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to fail or refuse to keep such vehicle within the boundaries of any such lane except when lawfully passing another vehicle or preparatory to making a lawful turning movement.
(Ordinance 1006, sec. 51.1, adopted 11/6/67; 1996 Code, sec. 10.414)