(a) To provide for the safe and expeditious movement of traffic and to ensure the safety of citizens using the roads and highways, the Director may:
(1) conduct analyses of traffic accidents and engineering investigations of traffic conditions;
(2) determine the timing, type, size, and location of signs, signals, markings, pylons, channels, and other devices for directing or regulating vehicular and pedestrian traffic;
(3) designate intersections as stop intersections or through roads;
(4) approve or disapprove the location of bus stops and taxicab stands or rescind or modify a prior approval;
(5) adopt rules, regulations, orders, and directives relating to the movement of vehicular and pedestrian traffic;
(6) make recommendations to the County Executive for the improvement of traffic conditions that cannot be accomplished by the directives, orders, rules, or regulations adopted by the Director;
(7) prohibit or restrict parking on roads;
(8) designate one-way roads for improvement of traffic conditions;
(9) adopt temporary rules and regulations governing parking, traffic, and the movement of vehicles in the vicinity of roadwork or a polling site, fair, game, parade, or other event where a large gathering of people or vehicles is anticipated;
(10) regulate the movement, standing, or stopping of commercial vehicles in residential areas; and
(11) place official signs that regulate the parking, stopping, standing, or movement of traffic within or near a road or highway.
(1985 Code, Art. 25, § 25-4-301) (Bill No. 40-96; Bill No. 63-04; Bill No. 90-05; Bill No. 72-14; Bill No. 78-19)