(A) The City Manager is hereby empowered to direct and control traffic; to create quiet and safety zones; to designate and approve of all official traffic control devices; to designate emergency vehicles; to designate streets or portions thereof closed to traffic by reason of construction or repairs.
(B) (1) The City Manager is hereby empowered, subject to approval of the Council, to designate through streets and the speed limits thereon; to designate the location of all official traffic control devices; to prescribe the manner and duration of parking of vehicles; to create loading zones and bus, taxicab, and dray stands; to designate the route of trucks, tractors, and trailers through the city; to designate the maximum weight of any vehicle permitted upon any bridge; to make all needful rules for the direction of traffic or parking of vehicles on any highway, alley or place not unlawful nor inconsistent with this title; and to establish fees for the use of temporary traffic regulatory devices or equipment and block party permits.
(2) Where a traffic control or engineering study shows the need for placement of a traffic control device to protect public safety, the City Manager is empowered to locate and place such a traffic control device prior to Council approval of same. Council's ratification of the placement of such traffic control device shall be sought as soon thereafter as feasible.
(C) All rules and regulation changes made hereunder shall become effective when the traffic control devices, if required under this title, have been installed. A certified copy of such adopted rules and regulations shall be filed with the local Clerk as required by law.
(D) Violation of the provisions of this section shall be a criminal misdemeanor and punishable as provided in § 70.99(B).
(Prior Code, § 70.03) (Ord. D-1555, passed 7-13-1987, effective 7-23-1987; Ord. O-98, passed 2-8-2010, effective 2-18-2010; Ord. O-232, passed 2-8-2021, effective 2-18-2021) Penalty, see § 70.99