(A) Except as otherwise provided by this article, the City Manager, or his designate, upon approval of the Council, shall have the power and is hereby authorized to regulate the operation and parking of vehicles within the corporate limits of the city by the erection or placing of proper signs or markers indicating prohibited or limited parking, restricted speed areas, one-way streets, play streets, through or arterial streets, stop streets, parking meter spaces in parking meter zones, "U" turns, school zones, hospital zones, loading or unloading zones, quiet zones, and other signs, markers and official traffic control devices indicating the place or manner of operating or parking vehicles within the city.
(B) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the City Manager or his designate, upon approval of the Council, shall have power and is hereby authorized to regulate the movement of pedestrians upon the streets and sidewalks of the city by the erection or placing of proper signs, markers, or devices indicating the flow of pedestrian traffic.
(C) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the City Manager or his designate, upon approval of the Council, shall have power and is hereby authorized to designate bus stops and taxicab stands and to erect signs prohibiting the parking of vehicles other than busses and taxicabs at their respective stops and stands.
(D) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the City Manager, or his designate, upon approval of the Council, shall have power and is hereby authorized to designate truck routes and to regulate the parking of vehicles of various sizes and weights.
(E) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the City Manager, or his designate, upon approval of the Council, shall have power and is authorized to mark off traffic lanes on streets and parts of streets indicating and directing the flow of traffic.
(F) The City Manager, or his designate, shall have power and is authorized to secure all necessary signs, markers or official traffic control devices to be erected or placed on any street or part of a street when the action is deemed necessary.
(G) The existence of signs, markers or official traffic control devices at any place within the city shall be prima facie evidence that the signs, markers, or official traffic control devices were erected or placed by and at the direction of the city and in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(H) All of the orders issued by the City Manager pursuant to this section shall be in writing and filed with the Clerk and shall be approved by the Council.
(I) Any person failing or refusing to comply with the directions indicated on any sign or marker, or with any official traffic control device, erected or placed in accordance with the provisions of this section when so placed or erected, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.