Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the Council may, by resolution or ordinance, adopt rules and regulations which:
(a) 
Regulate or prohibit processions or assemblages;
(b) 
License and regulate the operation of vehicles for hire;
(c) 
Regulate traffic by means of semaphores or other official traffic control signaling devices and signals;
(d) 
Designate particular highways as one-way highways and require that all vehicles thereon be moved in one specified direction;
(e) 
Close any highway or street to vehicular traffic when, in the opinion of the Council, such highway is no longer needed for vehicular traffic;
(f) 
Designate any highway as a through highway and require that all vehicles stop before entering or crossing the same;
(g) 
Designate any intersection as a stop intersection and require that all vehicles stop at one or more entrances to such intersection;
(h) 
Prohibit the use of particular highways or parking lots by certain vehicles except as otherwise provided by the Public Utilities Commission of the State pursuant to Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Public Utilities Code of the State;
(i) 
Regulate traffic by means of yield of right-of-way signs erected at one or more approaches to intersections of streets and highways;
(j) 
Prohibit the parking or standing of vehicles on certain streets, or portions thereof, at all or certain hours of the day;
(k) 
Regulate traffic by means of distinctive roadway markings or lanes, allocating specified lanes for slow-moving traffic or to traffic moving in the same direction; and
(l) 
Direct the locating and placing of markers, buttons, or signs within or adjacent to intersections, thereby requiring and directing that a certain course be traveled by vehicles turning at an intersection or allocating more than one lane of traffic from which drivers of vehicles may make right-hand or left-hand turns.
(§ 93, Ord. 912, as added by Ord. 1363)
(a) 
Authority to place. The Director of Field Services shall have the power and duty to place and maintain visible official signs, signals, barriers, distinctive curb, roadway, or other markings, markers, buttons, lanes, and other traffic control devices or directions when required by, and when necessary to make effective, the provisions of this chapter, the laws of the State, or any resolution adopted pursuant to the provisions of Section 4-7.301 of this article.
(b) 
Obedience. It shall be unlawful for any person to fail to obey the directions and restrictions of any such sign, signal, barrier, distinctive curb, roadway, or other marking, or other traffic control device so posted, erected, or placed, subject to the exceptions set forth in this chapter.
(§ 93, Ord. 912, as added by Ord. 1363, as amended by § 2 (39), Ord. 624-NS, eff. Dec. 15, 1999)
The officers of the Police Department are hereby authorized to direct all traffic by voice, hand, or signal in conformance with traffic laws; provided, however, in the event of a fire or other emergency, police officers may direct traffic as conditions may require notwithstanding the provisions of the traffic laws.
(§ 18, Ord. 912)
No person other than an officer of the Police Department or a person deputized by proper authority shall direct or attempt to direct traffic by voice, hand, or other signal; provided, however, persons may operate, as provided in this chapter, any mechanical push-button signal erected by order of the Council.
(§ 20, Ord. 912)
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the driver of any vehicle owned by or used in the service of the United States government, the State, any county, city and county, municipal corporation, or other public agency, and it is unlawful for any such driver to violate any of the provisions of this chapter except as otherwise permitted by the provisions of this chapter.
(§ 21, Ord. 912)
(a) 
The provisions of this chapter regulating the operation, parking, and standing of vehicles shall not apply to any vehicle of the Police Department or Fire Department, public ambulance, public utility vehicle, or private ambulance, which public utility vehicle or private ambulance has qualified as an authorized emergency vehicle, when any vehicle set forth in this subsection is operated in the manner specified in the Vehicle Code of the State in response to an emergency call.
(b) 
The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not, however, protect the driver of any such vehicle from the consequences of his or her wilful disregard of the safety of others.
(c) 
The provisions of this chapter regulating the parking or standing of vehicles shall not apply to any vehicle of a City department or public utility while necessarily in use for construction or repair work, or any vehicle in use for the collection, transportation, or delivery of United States mail.
(§ 22, Ord. 912)
(a) 
Required. The driver of any vehicle or the person in charge of any animal or bicycle involved in any accident resulting in damage to any property publicly owned or owned by any public utility, including, but not limited to, any fire hydrant, ornamental lighting post, telephone pole, electric light or power pole, ornamental shade tree, or other property of a similar nature located in or along any street, shall, within 24 hours after such accident, make a written report of the accident to the Police Department.
(b) 
Form. Every such report shall contain the following:
(1) 
The time when and place where the accident occurred;
(2) 
The name and address of the person owning, and of the person driving or in charge of, such vehicle, animal, or bicycle;
(3) 
The license number of each vehicle; and
(4) 
A brief description of the property damaged in the accident.
(§ 23, Ord. 912)