No provision of the state
Vehicle Code or of this chapter for
which signs are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator
unless appropriate signs are in place and sufficiently legible to
be seen by an ordinarily observant person, giving notice of such provisions
of the traffic laws.
(Ord. 3005 § 30)
The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any
official traffic-control device applicable thereto placed in accordance
with the traffic ordinances of the city unless otherwise directed
by a police officer subject to the exemptions granted the driver of
an authorized emergency vehicle when responding to emergency calls.
(Ord. 3005 § 31)
The city Traffic Engineer is authorized to mark centerlines
and lane lines upon the surface of the roadway to indicate the course
to be traveled by vehicles and may place signs temporarily designating
lanes to be used by traffic moving in a particular direction, regardless
of the centerline of the highway.
(Ord. 3005 § 33)
Whenever the state department of public works determines by
resolution and designates a distinctive roadway marking which shall
indicate no driving over such marking, the city Traffic Engineer is
authorized to designate by such marking those streets or parts of
streets where the volume of traffic or the vertical or other curvature
of the roadway renders it hazardous to drive on the left side of such
marking or signs and markings. Such marking or signs and markings
shall have the same effect as similar markings placed by the state
department of public works pursuant to provisions of the state Vehicle
Code.
(Ord. 3005 § 34)
The city Traffic Engineer is authorized to remove, relocate
or discontinue the operation of any traffic-control device not specifically
required by state law or this chapter whenever the Traffic Engineer
shall determine in any particular case that the conditions which warranted
or required the installation no longer exist or obtain.
(Ord. 3005 § 35)
The city Traffic Engineer shall determine the hours and days
during which any traffic-control device shall be in operation or be
in effect, except in those cases where such hours or days are specified
in this chapter.
(Ord. 3005 § 36)