Pursuant to the Code of Laws of South Carolina, as amended, the Council shall have the power and is hereby authorized to:
(A) Regulate the operation and parking of vehicles within the corporate limits by the erection or placing of proper signs or markers indicating prohibited or limited parking, restricted speed areas, one-way streets, play streets, through or arterial streets, U-turns, school zones and other official traffic-control devices indicating the place or manner of operating or parking vehicles, including loading zones;
(B) Regulate the movement of pedestrians upon the streets and sidewalks by the erection or placement of proper signs or markers indicating the flow of pedestrian traffic;
(C) Mark off traffic lanes on streets and parts of streets indicating and directing the flow of traffic; and/or
(D) Secure all necessary signs, markers or official traffic-control devices to be erected or placed on any street or part of a street. The existence of the signs, markers or official traffic-control devices at any place shall be prima facie evidence that the signs, markers or official traffic-control devices were erected or placed by and at the direction of the Council and in accordance with the provisions of this code.
(S.C. Code § 5-7-30) ('88 Code, § 18.104)