(A) Subject to state laws, the City Council shall exercise all municipal traffic authority for the city, except those powers specifically and expressly delegated by this traffic code or another chapter.
(B) The powers of the Council include, but are not limited to:
(1) Designation of through streets;
(2) Designation of one-way streets;
(3) Designation of truck routes;
(4) Designation of parking meter zones;
(5) Designation of certain streets as bridle paths and prohibition of horses and animals on other streets;
(6) Authorization of greater maximum weights or lengths for vehicles using city streets than specified by state law;
(7) Initiation of proceedings to change speed zones;
(8) Revision of speed limits in parks;
(9) Temporary blocking or closing of streets;
(10) Establishment of pedestrian, bicycle lanes and paths and traffic controls for such facilities;
(11) Restriction of the use of certain streets by any class or kind of vehicle to protect the streets from damage; and
(12) Establishment, removal or alteration of the following classes of traffic controls:
(a) Crosswalks, safety zones and traffic lanes;
(b) Intersection channelization and areas where drivers of vehicles shall not make right, left or u-turns, and the time when the prohibition applies;
(c) Parking areas and time limitations, including the form of permissible parking (for example, parallel or diagonal);
(d) Loading zones and stops for vehicles; and
(e) Traffic-control signals.
(Prior Code, § 5.20.040) (Ord. 177, passed 6-19-1989; Ord. 205, passed 12-2-1991; Ord. 210, passed 6-1-1992; Ord. 272, passed 3-6-2000; Ord. 399, passed 10-17-2011)