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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND RE -ORDAINING CHAPTERS FIVE (BUILDINGS . AND BUILDING REGULATIONS), FIFTEEN (MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC) AND TWENTY-EIGHT (STREETS AND SIDEWALKS) TO AMEND OR RE-ESTABLISH PROCEDURES BY WHICH USE OF CITY RIGHTS-OF-WAY FOR PARKING OF MOTOR VEHICLES, AND FOR CERTAIN NON-PUBLIC PURPOSES, MAY BE AUTHORIZED BY THE CITY MANAGER OR CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER, AND TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC COMMENT PROCEDURE FOR CHANGES TO PARKING REGULATIONS EFFECTIVE FOR PERIODS OF LONGER THAN THIRTY (30) DAYS I. Chapter 15, Article I (In General) is hereby amended, as follows: Sec. 15-4. General powers and duties of city manager and traffic engineer as to traffic. (a).... (c)The traffic engineer shall also have the authority, subject to direction and approval by the city manger, to: (I)Erect and maintain upon the sidewalks and streets of the city such signs, signals and other devices for controlling traffic, and for regulation of parking, as he may deem necessary, including, without limitation signs designating spaces for loading zones, bus stops, taxicab stands and other places in which no parking will be permitted other than by the We of vehicle indicated on such sign. Nothing contained within this &154 shall authorize the traffic engineer to establish any loading zone on the Downtown Pedestrian Mall, as that term is defined within City Code section 28-2. • (2)Require all vehicles to come to a full stop or to yield the right-of-way at any street intersection other than vehicles on a street which has been designated as a part of the primary system of state highways. (3)Designate by appropriate signs or markers one-way streets and truck routes. (4)A4opt Enact and enforce sueh additional regulations, and to repeal, amend or modify any regulations, for controlling traffic on city streets, end designating the time, place and manner in which vehicles may be allowed to nark. stop or stand on citv streets (including the installation and maintenance of parking meters and establishment of parking meter zones), and prescribing the rates and time limits for parking meters in various locations, reg�•l�ng all as he shall deem necessary and consistent with applicable provisions of the CityCode.rend4o-fepeal; amend oF fnedif�, an), suoh regulations. No such regulations shall be deemed to be violated if, a the time of an alleged vielation, any sign eF designation required und-eF thptenm_q of this ehapte was missing, .,ff eed mutilated ar def.,,,ed so that an ard:...,,.:1„ ..1...,.....ant peFsan, undef the (5)Decisions of the traffic engineer, and regulations enacted by him, shall be set forth in writing. (6)It shall be unlawful for any person to violate regulations adopted by the traffic engineer pursuant to the authority granted within this section. No regulations adopted shall be deemed to be violated if, at the time of an alleged violation, any sign or designation required under the terms of this chapter was missing, effaced, obscured by brush or trees, mutilated or defaced, so • that an ordinarily observant person, under the same circumstances, would not be aware of the existence of such regulation. Page 1 of 6