(A) The Council shall, by resolution, determine and designate the character or type of all official traffic signs and signals. Subject to this determination, the Chief of Police is hereby authorized, and as to those signs and signals required hereunder, it shall be his or her duty to place and maintain, or cause to be placed and maintained, all official traffic signs and signals. All signs and signals required hereunder for a particular purpose shall so far as practicable be uniform as to type and location throughout the city.
(1963 Code, § 9-3-1(A))
(B) The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to establish and designate and shall thereafter maintain, or cause to be maintained, by appropriate devices, marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway, crosswalks at intersections where in his or her opinion there is particular danger to pedestrians crossing the roadway, and at such other places as he or she may deem necessary.
(1963 Code, § 9-3-6)
(C) (1) The Chief of Police is hereby empowered to establish safety zones of such kind and character and at such places as he or she may deem advisable, consistent with the provisions of this Title.
(2) The Chief of Police is also authorized to mark lanes for traffic on street pavements at such places as he or she may deem advisable, consistent with the provisions of this Title.
(1963 Code, § 9-3-7)
(D) (1) The Chief of Police, by and with the consent of the Council, shall have authority to erect stop signals or devices at any intersection of streets, alleys or public places where the public safety so requires, and when any stop sign or device has been erected or installed by such authority all vehicles shall come to a complete stop before proceeding beyond such stop sign or device, and shall yield the right-of-way to vehicles traveling upon the intersecting street, alley or public place.
(2) The Chief of Police, by and with the consent of the Council, shall have authority to erect slow signals or devices at any place upon public streets, alleys or ways where the public safety so requires, and when any slow sign or device has been erected or installed by such authority no operator of any vehicle shall proceed beyond or past such slow sign except in a careful and cautious manner with the vehicle under the complete control of the operator.
(1963 Code, § 9-3-8) (Ord. 264, passed 9-23-1929)