(A) Authority to install and maintain. The Town shall place and maintain traffic control signs, signals, and devices when and as required to regulate, warn or guide traffic.
(`92 Code, § 8-20)
(B) Manual and specifications. All traffic control signs, signals and devices shall conform to the manual and specifications approved by the Department of Highways. All signs and signals required hereunder for a particular purpose shall, so far as practicable, be uniform as to type and location throughout the Town. All traffic-control devices so erected and not inconsistent with the provisions of state law or the traffic code shall be official traffic control devices.
(`92 Code, § 8-21)
(C) Required for enforcement purposes. No provision of the Traffic Code for which signs are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator if, at the time of the alleged violation, an official sign is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person.
(`92 Code, § 8-22)
(D) Interference with official signs or signals prohibited. No person shall, without lawful authority, attempt to, or in fact, alter, deface, injure, knock down or remove any official traffic control device or any railroad sign or signal, or any inscription, shield or insignia thereon, or any other part thereof.
(`92 Code, § 8-23)
(Ord. 92-25, passed 8-27-92) Penalty, see § 70.99
Statutory reference:
Traffic control signals, see I.C. 9-21-3-1 and I.C. 9-21-4-1