A. Powers of the City Council: Subject to State laws, the City Council shall exercise all local traffic authority and may designate by ordinance or resolution any parking and traffic controls, which shall become effective upon passage of the ordinance or resolution, whether or not any traffic control devices, parking signs or designations are installed. Parking and traffic controls include, but are not limited to:
1. Designation of through streets.
2. Designation of one-way streets.
3. Designation of truck routes.
4. Designation of parking meter zones and the denomination of coins to be used or deposited in parking meters.
5. Restriction of the use of certain streets by any class or kind of vehicle to protect the streets from damage or excess traffic.
6. Authorization of greater maximum weights or lengths than specified by State law for vehicles using City streets.
7. Initiation of proceedings to change speed zones.
8. Revision of speed limits in parks.
9. Temporary closure or blocking of streets.
10. Designation of streets, or portions thereof, upon which either parking or standing or both shall be prohibited, or prohibited during certain hours.
11. Designation of the time limit for legal parking in limited parking areas.
12. Designation of the angle of parking if other than parallel to the curb.
13. Designation of city owned or leased property on which public parking will be permitted.
14. Designation of bus stops, bus stands, taxicab stands and loading zones.
15. Designation of turn lanes and turning regulations at intersections and driveways.
16. Designation of marked pedestrian crosswalks and safety zones.
17. Designation of play streets and the hours during which they may be so used.
B. Authority Of Police And Fire Officers:
1. It shall be the duty of the chief of police and of the police officers to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
2. In the event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or to safeguard pedestrians, police officers may direct traffic as conditions may require notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter.
3. Members of the Umatilla rural fire department, when at the scene of a fire, may direct or assist the police in directing traffic. (Ord. 576, 8-22-1990)