§ 26-9. General authority of traffic engineer.
(a)
The traffic engineer is hereby authorized to classify, designate and mark city streets and to provide a uniform system of marking and signing streets under the jurisdiction of the city.
(b)
The traffic engineer, except as otherwise directed by this chapter, and except as otherwise directed from time to time by the city council, shall have the right and authority and is hereby authorized to regulate the operation of vehicles within the corporate limits of the city, by the erection or placing of proper signs or markers indicating quiet zones, residence and business districts, through streets and railway grade crossings. The traffic engineer may erect or place such other signs or markers as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter to control traffic.
(c)
The traffic engineer is further empowered and authorized to mark off traffic lanes on streets and parts of streets indicating the flow of traffic, when in the traffic engineer's judgment, such action is necessary.
(d)
The existence of signs or markers authorized by this section or any other section of this chapter, at any place within the corporate limits of the city, shall be prima facie evidence that such signs or markers were erected or placed by and at the direction of the traffic engineer and in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and it shall be unlawful for any person to fail or refuse to comply with the directions of such signs or markers.
(Ord. No. 143; Ord. No. 975, § 1; Ord. No. 1684, § 1; Code 1961, § 23-39)
Cross reference— Division of traffic engineering of department of engineering responsible for traffic operations, § 2-671; director of engineering to serve as head of department of engineering, § 2-672.
(Ord. No. 143; Ord. No. 975, § 1; Ord. No. 1684, § 1; Code 1961, § 23-39)