Chapter 10.08
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections:
10.08.020 Obedience to traffic signs.
10.08.030 Display of unauthorized signs prohibited.
10.08.040 Obedience to traffic regulations – Duties of police.
10.08.010 Title.
This title shall be known as, and whenever cited, referred to, or amended may be designated as, the “traffic code.” (Ord. 1044 § 2 (Att. A), 2017; Ord. 510 § 1, 1978; Ord. 17, 1955; prior code § 9-280)
10.08.020 Obedience to traffic signs.
A. It is unlawful for the driver of any vehicle or any pedestrian to disobey the instructions of any signal, traffic sign, or mark upon any street, placed in accordance with the provisions of this title.
B. It is unlawful for the driver or operator of any vehicle to park the vehicle in disregard of any traffic sign or mark upon the street or curb.
C. No public utility or department in the city shall erect or place any barrier or sign unless of a type first approved by the chief of police or the Division of Highways. It is unlawful for any operator or pedestrian to disobey the instructions of any barrier or sign approved, as provided in this subsection, erected or placed by a public utility or by any department of the city. (Ord. 1044 § 2 (Att. A), 2017; Ord. 1, 1954; prior code § 9-105)
10.08.030 Display of unauthorized signs prohibited.
A. It is unlawful for any person to place or maintain or to display any device, other than an official warning or direction sign or signal erected under competent authority, upon or in view of a street, which purports to be, or is an imitation of, or resembles, an official warning or direction sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic or the action of operators, and any such prohibited device shall be a public nuisance.
B. It is unlawful for any person wilfully to deface, injure, move, or interfere with any official warning or direction sign or signal. (Ord. 1044 § 2 (Att. A), 2017; Ord. 1, 1954; prior code § 9-106)
10.08.040 Obedience to traffic regulations – Duties of police.
A. Officers of the police department, or persons deputized by the chief of police, shall have the power of enforcing the provisions of this title and the officers are authorized to direct all traffic by voice, hand, or signal in conformance with the traffic laws; provided, that in the event of fire or other emergency, police officers may direct traffic as conditions may require notwithstanding the provisions of the traffic laws. No person shall wilfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order, direction or signal of a police officer, and it is unlawful for any persons other than an officer of the police department, or persons deputized, to direct or attempt to direct traffic by voice, hand, or signal.
B. It shall be the duty of the officers of the police department of the city to enforce the provisions of this title. (Ord. 1044 § 2 (Att. A), 2017; Ord. 17, 1955; Ord. 1, 1954; prior code §§ 9-102 and 9-217)