It shall be unlawful for any person to place
or maintain or to display upon or in view of any street any unofficial
sign, signal, marking or device which purports to be or is an imitation
of or resembles an official traffic sign, signal, marking or device
or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic or which hides
from view any official sign or signal. The Chief of Police is hereby
empowered to remove every such prohibited sign, signal, marking or
device or cause it to be removed without notice.
Any person who willfully defaces, injures, moves,
obstructs or interferes with any official traffic sign, signal or
marking shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $20 for each offense.
No driver of any vehicle shall disobey the instruction
of any official traffic control signal, sign, marking, marker or legend
unless otherwise directed by a police officer.
[Amended 9-1-2009]
For the purposes of trial, the City Council
may make temporary rules regulating traffic or test under actual conditions
traffic signs, markings or other devices. No such experimental rule
regulating traffic shall remain in effect for a period of time longer
than 30 days.