§ 50-181. Designation of traffic zones, through streets and other zones or areas; erection and installation of devices.  


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  • (a)

    The director of public works shall have the power to designate, lay off and indicate, with the approval of the city council, by appropriate signs and markings: Parking spaces and zones, no parking zones, limited parking zones, reserved parking zones, parking meter zones, zones in which vehicles shall be parked at an angle to the curb, loading zones, safety zones, school zones, hospital zones, quiet zones, traffic zones other than the above, crosswalks, truck routes, through streets, stop streets and intersections, yield right-of-way intersections, one-way streets, streets to be laned for traffic, play streets, bus stops and taxicab stands. He shall also have the power to designate and indicate, with the approval of the city council, intersections at which traffic shall be controlled by traffic signals, intersections at which left turns and/or right turns and U-turns shall be prohibited, and intersections at which markers, buttons or other indications shall be placed to indicate the course to be traveled by vehicles traversing or turning at such intersections.

    (b)

    Whenever any designation is made in accord with this section, the director of public works shall erect and install such signs, markings, lines, signals and other traffic control devices as may be necessary to clearly indicate such designation and to put drivers of vehicles on notice of the restriction, limitation or prohibition resulting from such designation.

    (c)

    All designations made in accordance with this section shall be clearly shown and indicated on the official traffic control and regulation of parking signs, markings and other devices; schedule is on file in the office of the director of public works.

(Code 1971, § 31-99)