(A) (1) The City Council shall, by ordinance, direct that the Public Works Administrator shall have the duty of erecting or installing upon, over, along or beside any highway, street or alley signs, signals and markings, or cause them to be erected, installed or placed in accordance with this chapter 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.
(2) Whenever the Public Works Administrator has erected and installed any official traffic-control device, signal or sign at any location in the city, or has caused the installation to be done under his or her direction, in obedience to this chapter and the manual, he or she shall, thereafter, file a report with the City Secretary in writing and signed officially by the Public Works Administrator, stating the type of traffic-control device, sign or signal, and when and where it was erected and installed. The City Secretary shall file and maintain such report of the Public Works Administrator among the official papers of the office of the City Secretary.
(2012 Code, § 84-92)
(B) It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person other than the Public Works Administrator, acting pursuant to an ordinance 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 chapter or any traffic ordinance of the city that any traffic-control device, sign, signal or marking was actually in place on any street shall constitute prima facie evidence that it was installed by the Public Works Administrator pursuant to the authority of this chapter and of the ordinance directing the installation of such device, signal or marking.
(2012 Code, § 84-93) Penalty, see § 10.99