(A) The Board of Commissioners shall by ordinance or resolution direct that the City Engineer or Director of Public Works shall have the duty of erecting or installing upon, over, along, or beside any highway, street, or alley signs, signals, and markings, or cause the same to be erected, installed, or placed in accordance with this subchapter and consistent with the Manual. These traffic-control devices shall be installed immediately, or as soon as such specific device, sign, or signal can be procured.
(B) Whenever the City Engineer or Director of Public Works has erected and installed any official traffic-control device, signal, or sign at any location in the city, or has caused the same to be done under his direction, in obedience to this subchapter and the Manual, shall thereafter file a report with the City Secretary in writing and signed officially by the City Engineer or Director of Public Works, stating the type of traffic-control device, sign, or signal, and when and where the same was erected and installed; the City Secretary shall file and maintain such report of the City Engineer or Director of Public Works among the official papers of the office of the City Secretary.
(C) It being unlawful for any person other than the City Engineer or Director of Public Works, acting pursuant to an ordinance or resolution of the city, to install or cause to be installed any signal, sign, or device purporting to direct the use of the streets or the activities on those streets of pedestrians, vehicles, motor vehicles, or animals, proof, in any prosecution for a violation of this subchapter or any traffic ordinance or resolution of the city, that any traffic-control device, sign, signal, or marking.
(Ord. 366, passed 7-16-79) Penalty, see § 70.99