§ 74-3. Authority of chief of police.

(a)

The chief of police, with such aid as may be rendered by other members of the police department, except as otherwise directed by this chapter and except as otherwise directed from time to time by the city commission, shall have the power and is authorized to make and enforce all ordinances and statutes governing traffic and the use of the streets of the city by vehicles and pedestrians. The chief of police is given full power to designate and regulate through or arterial, stop, one-way and play streets; truck routes; directions of traffic; maximum and minimum speeds; parking; to establish school zones, hospital zones, loading and unloading zones, quiet zones, and pedestrian crossing zones; and to enforce this chapter and the state vehicle laws applicable to vehicle and pedestrian traffic, and the parking of vehicles in the city, insofar as such shall not conflict with the laws of the state, and to install such street signs, traffic control devices and indicators and markings as shall be necessary or advisable for the operation and enforcement of such rules and regulations.

(b)

The existence of signs, signals and markings, duly installed by the chief of police or under his authority, shall be sufficient proof of the existence of the regulations.

(Code 1988, § 21-1)