(A) Subject to state laws, the City Council shall exercise all municipal traffic authority for the city except those powers specifically and expressly delegated by this chapter or another ordinance.
(B) The powers of the Council include, but are not limited to:
(1) Designation of through streets;
(2) Designation of 1-way streets;
(3) Designation of truck routes;
(4) Designation of parking meter zone;
(5) Designation of certain streets as bridle paths and prohibition of horses and animals on other streets;
(6) Authorization of greater maximum weights or lengths for vehicles using city streets than specified by state law;
(7) Initiation of proceedings to change speed zones;
(8) Revision of speed limits in parks;
(9) Temporary blocking or closing of streets;
(10) Establishment of bicycle lanes and paths and traffic controls for the facilities;
(11) Restriction of the use of certain streets by any class or kind of vehicle to protect the streets from damage;
(12) Issuance of overweight vehicle permits; and
(13) Establishment, removal, or alteration of the following classes of traffic controls:
(a) Crosswalks, safety zones, and traffic lanes;
(b) Intersection channelization and areas where drivers of vehicles shall not make right, left, or U-turns, and the time when the prohibition applies;
(c) Parking areas and time limitations, including the form of permissible parking (e.g. parallel or diagonal) on public streets and private streets that are open to the public;
(d) Loading zones and stops for vehicles; and
(e) Traffic-control signs.
(14) Establishment of city police enforcement of certain traffic and parking regulations on private streets that are open to the public. Any such designation shall be made by resolution of the Council and specify the private street segments and the specific traffic or parking regulations that will be enforced thereon. In the case of parking regulations the city shall also erect one or more city parking regulation signs that state the applicable regulations.
(Ord. 80.01, passed 1-8-1991; Am. Ord. 2018-06-02, passed 8-14-2018)