A. 
It is the purpose of this chapter to establish the procedures for placement of traffic control devices to facilitate the safe movement of traffic.
B. 
Traffic control devices include, without limitation, signs, signals, crosswalks, street markings, one way streets, no-turn restrictions, one-way turn only restrictions and other devices intended to regulate, guide or warn traffic.
(Ord. 86-21; Ord. 93-09)
A. 
The City Traffic Engineer or designee is authorized and shall have the power and duty to place and maintain or cause to be placed and maintained official traffic control devices when and as required.
B. 
Whenever the Vehicle Code of the state requires that traffic control devices be installed to give notice to the public of the application of such law the City Traffic Engineer is authorized to install the necessary devices subject to any limitations or restrictions set forth in the law applicable thereto.
C. 
The City Traffic Engineer may also place and maintain such additional traffic control devices as deemed necessary to regulate traffic or to guide or warn traffic. The City Traffic Engineer shall make such determination only upon the basis of traffic engineering principles and traffic investigations.
(Ord. 2019-26)
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.
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 or other official pursuant to Chapter 14.12 subject to the exemptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle when responding to emergency calls.
A. 
The City Traffic Engineer as authorized by a City Council Resolution is authorized to install and maintain official traffic signals at those intersections and other places where traffic conditions are such as to require that the flow of traffic be alternately interrupted and released in order to prevent or relieve traffic congestion or to protect life or property from exceptional hazard.
B. 
The City Traffic Engineer shall ascertain and determine the locations where such signals are required based on field observation, traffic counts and other traffic information as may be pertinent, and such determinations shall be made in accordance with those traffic engineering and safety standards and instructions issued by the State Department of Transportation.
C. 
Whenever the City Traffic Engineer installs and maintains an official traffic signal at any inter-section, there shall be likewise erected and maintained at such intersections street name signs visible to the principal flow of traffic unless such street name signs have been placed and are maintained at any intersection.
(Ord. 2019-26)
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.
Whenever the State Department of Transportation determines and designates a distinctive road-way 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 Transportation pursuant to provisions of the State Vehicle Code.
(Ord. 2019-26)
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 it is determined in any particular case that the conditions which warranted or required the installation no longer exist or pertain.
The City Traffic Engineer shall determine the hours and days during which any traffic control device shall be in operation or be in effect.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to maliciously tear down, damage, mutilate, deface or destroy any sign, notice or traffic control device erected under the authority of this title.
B. 
Any person who willfully or negligently damages any traffic control device is liable for the reasonable cost of the repair or the replacement thereof.
A. 
Based upon a determination of emergency or public necessity, the City Traffic Engineer is authorized to suspend one or more of the provisions of this chapter for a temporary period for the purpose of protecting the public.
B. 
When acting under the authority of this section, the City Traffic Engineer shall remove or cover existing signs or other traffic control devices and erect temporary traffic control devices, as necessary.
C. 
For the duration of closure of any street, the City Traffic Engineer shall erect signs and barricades, as necessary, to give notice of the closure to the public.
The City Traffic Engineer may issue a permit to any school district authorizing such district to maintain a portable school crossing sign and flash or flasher. Such permit may be issued on the terms and conditions deemed necessary or appropriate by the City Traffic Engineer for the protection of the public. Any such permit issued by the City Traffic Engineer shall contain a provision that it may be revoked by the City Traffic Engineer for violation of any of the terms or conditions of such permit.
(Ord. 2019-26)
No local authority, except by permission of the Department of Transportation, shall erect or maintain any stop sign or traffic control signal in such manner as to require the traffic on any state highway to stop before entering or crossing any intersecting highway or any railroad grade crossing.
The City Traffic Engineer may temporarily close a portion of a street when, in the City Traffic Engineer's opinion, such closure is necessary for the safety and protection of persons using that portion of the street during the temporary closing. No such closure shall be for a period in excess of 24 hours except by approval of the City Council.
(Ord. 87-41)
Whenever any resolution of the City designates any one-way street or alley, the City Traffic Engineer shall place and maintain signs giving notice thereof, and no such regulations shall be effective unless such signs are in place. Signs indicating the direction of lawful traffic movement shall be placed at every intersection where movement of traffic in the opposite direction is prohibited.
(Ord. 2019-26)