A. Posting Signs: The director of public works shall post suitable signs in conformity with state law and city ordinance, indicating those intersections where street users must stop or yield prior to entering said intersections and shall post such other signs, in conformity with state law, respecting the use of streets and parking and traffic thereon as the city council shall direct.
B. Temporary Regulation: The chief of police by and with the approval of the director of public works is empowered to make regulations necessary to make effective the provisions of the traffic ordinances of this city, and to make and enforce temporary or experimental regulations to cover emergencies or special conditions. No such temporary or experimental regulation shall remain in effect for more than ninety (90) days.
C. Hearing Or Vision Impairment Signs: Upon application to the city, owners of property abutting city streets who have hearing or vision impaired residents residing thereon may be allowed to have a sign erected warning of said hearing or vision impaired residents. The form of said sign shall be approved by the police and street departments.
D. Unauthorized Signs: No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic control device or railroad sign or signal or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic, nor shall any person place, maintain or display upon or in view of any highway any other sign which hides from view or interferes with the movement of traffic or effectiveness of any traffic control device. Any such unauthorized device is hereby declared to be a nuisance and may be immediately removed and disposed by any authorized personnel of the city.
E. Damage To Signs: It shall be unlawful for any person to deface, injure, move or interfere with any official traffic sign or signal. (Ord. 2015.51, 4-18-2016)