The City Council, for the best use of the streets in the public interest, shall, by resolution, exercise the following powers, based on standards established by the State Highway Commission and recognized traffic-control standards, such as the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices published by the Bureau of Public Roads; providing, where required by the motor vehicle laws of the state, approved by the State Highway Commission has been secured:
(A) Designate streets, portions of streets, sides of streets, or city-owned or leased land upon which parking, standing, or operation of vehicles shall be prohibited, either entirely, partially, or during certain hours or limited as to the amount of time during which a vehicle may remain so standing or parked, for the angle of such parking;
(B) Designate through streets;
(C) Designate one-way streets;
(D) Designate truck routes;
(E) Designate streets where trucks, machinery, or any other large or heavy vehicle exceeding specific weights or heights shall be prohibited from traveling or parking;
(F) Designate where traffic-control signals shall be placed and the time of operation of such signals;
(G) Establish bus stops, bus stands, taxicab stands, and stands for other passenger common-carrier vehicles;
(H) Designate the location of passenger loading zones for use in front of the entrance to any hotel, auditorium, theatre, church, school, or public building;
(I) Designate and cause to be placed or maintained appropriate signs, marks, or lines for:
(1) Intersections where drivers of vehicles shall not make right, left; or U-turns, and the times such prohibitions shall apply;
(2) Crosswalks at intersections where deemed necessary for pedestrian safety;
(3) Safety zones of such kind and character and at such places as deemed necessary for pedestrian safety; and
(4) Play streets, or such hours when certain streets may be used as such, on which no person shall drive a vehicle upon such street or portion thereof; except drivers of vehicles having business or whose residences are within such enclosed area, and then such driver shall exercise the greatest care in driving upon such street.
(J) Cause to be placed or marked and maintained:
(1) Traffic-control signs;
(2) Parking spaces;
(3) Traffic lanes and other symbols; and
(4) All other signs and markings necessary to implement traffic and parking controls.
(Ord. 100, passed 2-7-1983; Ord. 101, passed 2-21-1983; Ord. 118, passed 12-4-1984; Ord. 138, passed 2-16-1988)