There is hereby adopted for the purpose of prescribing regulations for pedestrians and the operation of vehicles, that certain code known as the Illinois vehicle code, 625 Illinois Compiled Statutes, as amended, which code has been and now is filed in the office of the city clerk, and the same is hereby adopted and represented as fully as if set out at length herein, and the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the limits of the city. (1977 Code)