(A) Signs and signals. It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to disobey the instructions of any traffic sign or signal placed in view by authority of the corporate authorities or in accordance with the laws of the state, except upon direction of a police officer. All signs and signals established by direction of the governing body shall conform to the State Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways. (See 625 ILCS 5/11-301.)
(Prior Code, § 24-2-3)
(B) Unauthorized signs.
(1) No person shall place, maintain, or display upon or in view of any street any unauthorized sign, signal, marking, light, reflector, or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic control device or railroad sign or signal or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic nor shall any person or place maintain or display, upon or in view of any street, any other sign which hides from view or interferes with the movement of traffic or effectiveness of any traffic control device or any railroad sign or signal, and no person shall place or maintain nor shall any public authority permit upon any highway any traffic sign or signal bearing thereon any commercial advertising.
(2) No tree, bush, or foliage of any kind shall be so placed, maintained, allowed to remain, or be displayed upon either public or private property in such a manner as to hide from view or interfere with the movement of traffic or the effectiveness of any traffic control device, sign, or signal.
(Prior Code, § 24-2-4)
(C) Interference with signs or signals. It shall be unlawful for any person to deface, injure, move, or interfere with any official traffic sign or signal.
(Prior Code, § 24-2-5)
(D) Advertising signs. It shall be unlawful to maintain anywhere in the city any sign, signal, marking, or device other than a traffic sign or signal authorized by the City Council or the State Department of Transportation, which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic control device or railroad sign or signal in view of any street or highway, and it shall be unlawful to place or maintain any sign which hides from view any lawful traffic control device. It shall be unlawful to maintain or operate any flashing or rotating beacon of light in view of any street or highway.
(Prior Code, § 24-2-6)
Penalty, see § 70.99
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see 625 ILCS 5/11-301