In order to avoid those hazards incident to public travel and to protect the members of the general public while in the use of streets and highways, the Manager is authorized and directed to establish and mark traffic control areas as provided herein:
(a) Traffic Control Signals. The Manger shall establish and designate traffic control signal intersections, at which intersections shall be maintained traffic control signals to regulate traffic. The Manager shall have all necessary authority to install at such locations any lawful traffic control signal when in his discretion it is necessary to expedite travel and promote public safety.
(b) One-Way Traffic. The Manager shall determine and designate streets, parts of streets or special lanes thereon upon which vehicular traffic shall proceed in one direction only and shall place and maintain appropriate markings, signs, barriers or other devices to give notice thereof. The Manager may erect signs temporarily designating lanes to be used by traffic moving in a particular direction, regardless of the center line of the roadway.
(c) Stop and Yield Right-of-Way Intersections. The Manager shall establish and designate stop intersections and yield right-of-way intersections, at which intersections shall be maintained the appropriate traffic control devices to regulate traffic and promote public safety. The Manager shall have all necessary authority to erect, or cause to be erected, appropriate and legible signs or markers, upon which shall be displayed the word “stop”, at all intersections designated by the Manager as stop intersections or the words “yield right-of-way”, at all intersections designated by the Manager as yield right-of-way intersections.
(d) Turns at Intersections. The Manager shall place markers, buttons or signs within or adjacent to intersections indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning at such intersections or preventing turns at such intersections.
(e) Through Streets. The Manager may designate any street or highway as a through street or highway and require that all vehicles stop or yield the right of way as may be required before entering the same; or in residence districts designate certain streets or highways or portions thereof not to be through streets or highways despite the erection of stop signs or other official traffic control devices at intersecting streets.
(1970 Code §70.11)
(f) Through Truck Routes. The Manager shall appropriately mark through truck routes. (Ord. 23-98. Passed 11-4-98.)
(g) Pedestrian Crosswalks. The Manager shall establish and designate by appropriate devices, marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway, crosswalks at intersections where in his opinion there is particular danger to pedestrians crossing the roadway, and at such other places as he may deem necessary in the interests of public safety.
(h) Pedestrian Safety Zones. The Manager shall establish safety zones of such kind and character and at such places as he may deem necessary for the protection of pedestrians.
(i) Bus Unloading Zones. The Manager shall mark or cause to be marked, by appropriate sign or other device, all areas where passengers are loaded or unloaded in the operation of bus service for the protection of passengers and pedestrians.
(j) Business Loading Zones. The Manager shall establish zones for loading and unloading of passengers or merchandise, or both, when in his judgment the operations of business in the area justify and traffic conditions permit.
(k) No Parking Zones. To promote safety on the streets, to expedite the flow of traffic and to regulate parking on the streets, the Manager may designate areas as “no parking zones” or “limited parking zones” and prescribe time limitations for parking or prohibit parking upon the streets, alleys and highways of the Municipality. An appropriate sign shall mark the boundaries of such zones.
(l) Individual Parking Spaces. The Manager shall designate and mark off individual parking spaces at points or places to be approved by resolution of Council in certain sections of the downtown area and outlying districts, such parking spaces to be established along the curb of streets. At each place where individual parking spaces are so marked off, each vehicle shall be parked entirely within an individual parking space.
(m) Traffic Lanes; Overtaking and Passing Zones. The Manager shall:
(1) Mark lanes for traffic on street pavements at such places as he may deem advisable in the interest of public safety; and
(2) Determine those portions of any street where overtaking and passing other traffic or driving to the left of center, or off-set center, or center line of the street or roadway would be especially hazardous, and may, by appropriate signs or markings on the streets or roadway, indicate the beginning and end of such zones. Such zones shall be so designated by an auxiliary yellow line placed parallel and to the right of the normal center line or off- set center line. (1970 Code §70.11)
(n) Weather Emergency Parking Ban. Whenever the Manager determines that snow, ice or other weather conditions have created conditions hazardous to travel upon the streets of the Municipality, the Manager may declare a weather emergency and take the following action:
(1) Prohibit the parking of any motor vehicle upon any or all of the streets within the Municipality which prohibition shall become effective upon the erection of “No Parking” signs on such streets during the existence of the emergency; and
(2) After a reasonable attempt to locate the owner of any vehicle parked in violation of subsection (n)(1) herein, the Manager may order the vehicle towed to a vehicle pound where it can be recovered only upon payment of the towing and storage charges imposed by law.
(Ord. 5-78. Passed 4-19-78.)
(o) Village Walkways. The Manager shall appropriately mark those areas or ways established by Council as Village walkways within the meaning of Section 301.54
. Such markings shall designate such area or way to be a Village walkway and that vehicular traffic is prohibited. Village walkways shall be maintained free of obstruction and accessible for use by emergency vehicles.
(Ord. 36-92. Passed 10-21-92.)