(A) From time to time, with the approval of the Council, the Public Works Department shall place and maintain traffic-control devices, signs and signals when and as required under the traffic regulations of the city to make effective the provisions of those regulations, and may place and maintain any additional traffic-control devices and may be deemed necessary to regulate traffic under the traffic laws of the town or the state, or to guide or warn traffic. Prior to the placement of any traffic-control device signs or signals, a plan or design shall be prepared for placement and the plan or design shall be prepared in conformance with generally accepted engineering or design standards in effect at the time of the preparation of the plan design.
(B) The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic-control device applicable thereto placed in accordance with the traffic regulations of the town unless otherwise directed by a law enforcement officer acting in accordance with state or local law and subject to any exceptions granted in this traffic code or by the laws of the state. Failure to obey posted traffic signs shall be a civil traffic violation.
(Ord. 922, passed 7-14-2011) Penalty, see § 70.99