The words and phrases used in this chapter shall,
for the purposes of this chapter, have the meanings respectively ascribed
to them by the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of Delaware.
The Town Council shall install and maintain
traffic control devices when and as required under the provisions
of this chapter, to make effective the provisions of this chapter,
and may install and maintain such additional traffic control devices
as it may deem necessary to regulate, warn or guide traffic.
A.
For the purpose of maintaining an accurate record of all regulations adopted under the provisions of this chapter, there is hereby established a system of schedules, appearing as Article V of this chapter, in which shall be entered all regulations after adoption. Such schedules shall be deemed a part of the section to which they refer. All regulations shall be adopted with reference to the appropriate schedule as indicated in the various sections of this chapter.
B.
Regulations shall be adopted by the Town Council or
by an officer or agency authorized by the Town Council to adopt regulations.
A.
No person shall place, maintain or display upon or
in view of any street any unauthorized sign, signal, marking or device
which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official
traffic-control device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts
to direct the movement of traffic, or which hides from view or interferes
with the effectiveness of any official traffic-control device or any
railroad sign or signal.
B.
No person shall place or maintain nor shall any lawful
authority permit upon any street any traffic sign or signal bearing
thereon any commercial advertising, and no person shall attach to
any traffic sign or signal any other sign containing commercial advertising.
C.
This section shall not be deemed to prohibit the erection
upon private property adjacent to streets of signs giving useful directional
information and of a type that cannot be mistaken for official signs.
D.
Every such prohibited sign, signal or marking is hereby
declared to be a public nuisance, and the Town Council is hereby empowered
to remove the same or cause it to be removed without notice.
No person shall, without lawful authority, attempt
to or in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down or remove any official
traffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal or any inscription,
shield or insignia thereon or any other part thereof.
The Town Council is hereby authorized to:
A.
Designate and maintain, by appropriate devices, marks
or lines upon the surface of the roadway, crosswalks at intersections
where, in the Town Council's opinion, there is particular danger to
pedestrians crossing the right-of-way and at such other places as
the Town Council may deem necessary.
B.
Establish safety zones of such kind and character
and at such places as the Town Council may deem necessary for the
protection of pedestrians.
