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No person shall without authority attempt to or in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down, or remove any official control device or any railroad sign or signal, or any inscription, shield, or insignia thereon, or any part thereof.
Penalty see § 70.99
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to place, maintain, or display on or in view of any street any unauthorized sign, signal, marking, or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic device or railroad sign or signal which attempts or purports to direct the movement of traffic, or which conceals or hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of any official control device or any railroad sign or signal. No person shall place or maintain, nor shall any public authority permit on any street, any traffic sign or signal bearing any commercial advertising. Nothing in this section shall be construed as restricting any public department or public utility of the city in any emergency or temporarily from marking or erecting any traffic barrier or sign whose placing has been approved by the Chief of Police.
(B) Every such prohibited sign, signal, or marking is declared to be a public nuisance and the Chief of Police is empowered forthwith to remove it or cause it to be removed.
Penalty, see § 70.99
No provision of this traffic code for which signs are required shall be enforceable against an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged violation the sign herein required is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person. However, when any particular section of this traffic code does not state that signs are required, such section shall be effective without signs being placed to give notice thereof.
(A) (1) Any person, firm or corporation violating any provisions of this title concerning parking of motor vehicles, and for which a citation is issued shall be fined $10 for each offense.
(2) The fine shall be paid to the City Clerk within seven days after the citation is issued.
(3) If the fine is not paid within seven days, the citing officer shall make a complaint to the district court, and the offense shall constitute a violation.
(4) In any prosecution charging a violation of any law or regulation governing the standing or parking of a vehicle, proof that the particular vehicle described in the complaint was parked in violation of any such law or regulation, together with proof that the defendant named in the complaint was at the time of the violation the registered owner of the vehicle, shall constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption that the registered owner of the vehicle was the person who committed the violation.
(B) (1) Any police officer may impound any vehicle illegally parked in any place where the vehicle creates or constitutes a traffic hazard, blocks the use of any fire hydrant, or obstructs or may obstruct the movement of any emergency vehicle. An illegally parked vehicle may be similarly impounded where a citation for the illegal parking has been attached to the vehicle, and the vehicle has not been moved within six hours after issuance of the citation.
(2) Vehicles so impounded shall be removed and towed away by any commercial towing service. The vehicles shall be stored in a safe place and shall be restored to the owner or operator upon payment of the amount of the fine for the illegal parking, plus such reasonable towing and storage charges which may be charged.
(C) Any person who violates any provision of this traffic code where no other penalty is specifically provided shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than $100.
(D) Any person violating § 72.14(C) shall be guilty of a violation and shall be subject to a fine of $10.
(E) Any person violating the provisions of § 71.65 shall, upon conviction of a first offense, be fined not less than $100, nor more than $250. Any person convicted of a subsequent violation of § 71.65 within two years of a prior conviction under § 71.65, shall be fined not less than $250, nor more than $500.
(Ord. 85-4, passed 4-15-85; Am. Ord. 90-32, passed 1-21-91; Am. Ord. 06-03, passed 3-20-06; Am. Ord. 13-03, passed 2-18-13; Am. Ord. 13-007, passed 8-19-13)