(a) The Mayor shall have the following powers to regulate traffic and parking temporarily and in times of emergency:
(1) In the case of fire, flood, storm or other emergency, to establish temporary traffic and/or parking regulations; and
(2) In the case of emergency public works or public events of limited scope or duration, to restrict or prohibit traffic and/or parking in limited areas for periods of not more than seventy-two hours.
(b) Temporary and emergency regulations shall be enforced by the Police Department in the same manner as permanent regulations. No person shall drive or park a vehicle in violation of any such regulation, or move, remove, destroy, injure or deface any sign or marking erected, posted or made to give notice of any such regulation.
(1988 Code § 7-1003)