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Sec. 18-3. Regulatory powers of city manager and chief of
police.[158]

The city manager and the chief of police shall have power to
regulate traffic by means of traffic officers or semaphores or
other signaling devices on any portion of a street where traffic
is heavy or continuous, or where in their judgment conditions
may require, and may regulate the use of the streets by
processions or assemblages.

The city manager and the chief of police may also, when and
where conditions require:

Adopt any such regulations not in conflict with the provisions
of this chapter as they shall deem advisable and necessary, and
repeal, amend or modify any such regulations; provided, that
such regulations, laws or rules shall not be deemed to be violated
if, at the time of the alleged violation, any sign or designation
required under the terms of this chapter was missing, effaced,
mutilated or defaced, so that an ordinarily observant person,
under the same circumstances, would not be apprised of or aware
of the existence of such rule.

Adopt regulations requiring all vehicles to come to a full stop or
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.

Designate by appropriate signs or markers one-way streets and
truck routes.

The chief of police shall have authority to erect and maintain
upon the sidewalks and streets of the city such signs, signals and
other devices for handling traffic as he may deem necessary,
provided the same are placed in accordance with

traffic regulations which have been approved by the city manager.

It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any such
traffic regulation, sign, signal or other device for handling
traffic. (Code 1959, § 18-3.)