CHAPTER 406: TRAFFIC CONTROL
Section
   406.01   Conformity with State Manual
   406.02   Authority to place traffic-control devices; standards
   406.03   Temporary traffic rules and regulations
   406.04   Traffic Control Map
   406.05   Traffic Control File
   406.06   Incorporation, maintenance and amendments
   CROSS REFERENCES
   See sectional histories for similar state law
   Alteration of prima facie speed limits, see R.C. §§ 4511.21, 4511.22(A), 4511.23
   Designation of through streets and erection of stop or yield signs, see R.C. § 4511.65
   Local traffic-control devices, see R.C. § 4511.11
   Power to designate highway as a freeway, expressway or thruway, see R.C. § 4511.011
   Power to enact local traffic regulations, see R.C. § 4511.07
   Traffic-control devices defined, see § 402.48
§ 406.01 CONFORMITY WITH STATE MANUAL.
   All traffic-control devices placed pursuant to the provisions of this Traffic Code shall conform to the Ohio Manual and Specifications for a Uniform System of Traffic-Control Devices, as set forth in R.C. § 4511.09.
(Ord. 1989-229, passed 10-2-1989)
Statutory reference:
   Local conformity to manual for uniform system of traffic-control devices, see R.C. § 4511.11
§ 406.02 AUTHORITY TO PLACE TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES; STANDARDS.
   Council is hereby authorized to place and maintain traffic-control devices upon any street under its jurisdiction as are necessary to effectuate the provisions of this Traffic Code, or to regulate, warn or guide traffic, and such other traffic-control devices as it deems necessary for the proper control of traffic. Council shall determine the location, timing and coordination of such traffic-control devices upon the basis of an applicable engineering and traffic investigation and shall consider the following:
   (a)   The maximum safety and protection of vehicular and pedestrian traffic from physical injury or property damage;
   (b)   The existing and potential traffic movement, volume and conditions;
   (c)   The location and frequency of accidents, including studies of remedial measures;
   (d)   The recommendations of the Police and Fire Chiefs;
   (e)   The acceleration of mass transportation of persons and property by vehicles so as to expedite travel and promote public safety;
   (f)   The convenience and welfare of the general public in parking, standing, loading and unloading, and the use of the streets as affecting business concerns and places of assembly;
   (g)   Economy in the expenditure of money; and
   (h)   No traffic-control device shall be erected contrary to the provisions of the Ohio Manual and Specifications for a Uniform System of Traffic-Control Devices.
(Ord. 1989-229, passed 10-2-1989)
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