(a) In order to expedite the flow and direction of traffic, to eliminate congestion on streets, alleys, and highways, and to provide for the safety of passengers in motor vehicles and pedestrians, the Service-Safety Director may make and issue written regulations concerning:
(1) The number, type, and location of traffic control devices and signs;
(2) The regulation or prohibition of parking on streets, alleys, highways, or public property;
(3) The regulation of the right of way at intersections of streets, alleys, and highways;
(4) The regulation or prohibition of turns at intersections;
(5) The creation, abolition, and regulation of through routes and truck routes;
(6) The creation, abolition, and regulation of pedestrian crosswalks and safety zones;
(7) The creation, abolition, and regulation of bus loading and unloading zones and business loading zones;
(8) The creation, abolition, and regulation of traffic lanes, and passing zones;
(9) The regulation of the direction of traffic on streets, alleys, and highways and the creation and abolition of one-way streets;
(b) The written regulations authorized by this section shall be in the form designated by the Service-Safety Director, and shall be signed and dated by the Service-Safety Director. The regulations shall be filed with the Clerk of Council and shall take effect fifteen days after filing.
(c) The Service-Safety Director may amend or repeal written regulations promulgated under this section and Council may amend or repeal, by ordinance, any regulation promulgated by the Service-Safety Director under subsection (a) hereof.
(d) The Clerk of Council shall maintain a record of all regulations filed in her office as well as amendments to the repeal of regulations previously filed in accordance with subsection (b) hereof.
(e) In the event any regulation promulgated by the Service-Safety Director under this section conflicts with any ordinance of the City, the regulation shall prevail over the ordinance if the effective date of the regulation is subsequent to the effective date of the ordinance; otherwise, the ordinance shall prevail and the regulation shall be considered repealed to the extent of the conflict.
(f) Whoever violates any regulation promulgated by the Service-Safety Director under this section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.
(Ord. 05-66. Passed 10-20-05; Ord. 17-32. Passed 10-18-17.)