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)