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 or marking 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 or marking or cause it
to be removed, without notice.
It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully
deface, injure, move, obstruct or interfere with any official traffic
sign, signal or marking.
The location of all bus stops, taxicab stands
and service zones shall be specified by the Chief of Police, and in
the case of taxicab stands the Chief of Police shall designate who
may use them as such.
No driver of any vehicle or of any street car
shall disobey the instructions of any official traffic control signal,
sign, marking, marker or legend, unless otherwise directed by a police
officer.