When the provisions of this title or any resolution or ordinance of the city delegates authority to a city officer or authorizes action by the City Council to regulate traffic upon a state highway in any way which, by state law, requires the prior approval of the appropriate state officials of the state, no such officer shall exercise the authority nor shall the action by the City Council be effective with respect to any state highway without the prior approval in writing of the Department of Public Works when and to the extent required by the Vehicle Code.
('61 Code, § 13.104) (Ord. 653, passed - - )