(A) Authority of Director of Public Works regarding street markings, signs and the like. The Director of Public Works, or his or her designee, when authorized by the City Council, shall or may install and maintain or establish and mark or place or designate or erect and grant traffic-control devices; permits to erect signs or signals; crosswalks; safety zones; traffic lanes and parking lines; restricted turn signs and turning markers; signs restricting or prohibiting traffic; zones of quiet; play streets; loading zones; bus stops; taxicab and other public carrier stands; slow signs and warnings; one-way streets and alleys; and through streets and stop intersections. The Director of Public Works, or his or her designee, is hereby authorized to detour traffic from one street to another when necessary and to place proper signs required to control traffic entering on and leaving the detour.
(B) General authority to prohibit or restrict parking and to designate same.
(1) The Director of Public Works or his or her designee, by and with the consent of the City Council, is hereby authorized to prohibit or restrict stopping, standing or parking of vehicles and to designate, erect and maintain signs and other markings regarding same.
(2) In addition to the weight limits established by ordinance, the Director of Public Works, or his or her designee, by and with the consent of the City Manager, is hereby authorized to prohibit the use of certain streets and bridges by vehicles of weights considered by him or her to be excessive, in the event that temporary conditions exist that would, in the estimation of the Director, make it likely that damage to the streets and bridges would otherwise result.
(1990 Code, § 28-52) (Ord. 79-690, passed 9-17-1979; Ord. 84-963, passed 8-6-1984; Ord. 84-975, passed 9-17-1984; Ord. 17-3538, passed 2-6-2017; Ord. 20-3609, passed 4-6-2020)
Statutory reference:
Signs required to impose weight limits, see ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-208