A. The police chief, with the approval of the council, shall place and maintain traffic-control devices, signs and signals when and as required under the traffic regulations of the city to make effective the provisions of the regulations, and may place and maintain additional traffic-control devices as he may deem necessary to regulate traffic under the traffic laws of the city, or under state law or to guide or warn traffic.
B. The driver of any vehicle shall obey instructions of any official traffic-control device applicable thereto placed in accordance with the traffic regulations of the city unless otherwise directed by the police chief, subject to the exceptions granted in this chapter or by state law.
(Prior code § 15-2-4)