(A) The City Manager is hereby empowered to direct and control traffic; to create quiet and safety zones; to designate and approve of all official traffic-control signals; to designate emergency vehicles; to designate streets or portions thereof closed to traffic by reason of construction or repairs; to designate play streets and their hours of use.
(B) The City Manager is hereby empowered, subject to approval of the Council, to designate through streets and the speed limits thereon; to designate the location of all official traffic-control signals; to prescribe the manner and duration of parking of vehicles; to create loading zones and bus, taxicab, and dray stands; to designate the route of trucks, tractors, and trailers through the city; to designate the maximum weight of any vehicle permitted upon any bridge; to make all needful rules for the direction of traffic or parking of vehicles on any highway, alley, or place not unlawful nor inconsistent with this title; and to establish fees for the use of temporary traffic regulatory devices or equipment and block party permits.
(C) Upon Council approval, all rules and regulation changes made hereunder shall become effective when the traffic-control devices or traffic signals, if required under this title, have been installed. A certified copy of such adopted rules and regulations shall be filed with the County Clerk.
(D) Violation of the provisions of this section shall be a criminal misdemeanor and punishable as provided in § 70.99(B).
