HomeMy WebLinkAbout0108_0001(c) This section shall not be deemed to prohibit the erection upon
private property adjacent to highways, streets or alleys of signs giving
useful directional information and of a type that cannot be mistaken for
official signs.
(d) Every such prohibited sign, signal or marking is hereby declared
to be a public nuisance, and the Chief of Police is hereby empowered to
remove the same or cause it to be moved without notice.
Section 5. No person shall without lawful authority attempt to or in
fact alter, deface, injure, knockdown or remove any official traffic con-
trol device, sign or signal or any railroad sign or signal or any inscrip-
tion, shield, or insignia thereon, or any part thereof.
Section 6. (a) The City Council of the City of Georgetown shall by
Ordinance direct that the Chief of Police shall have the duty of erecting
or installing upon, over, along, or beside any highway, street or alley
signs, signals and markings, or cause the same to be erected, installed
or placed in accordance with this Ordinance and consistant with the Manual.
Said traffic control devices shall be installed immediately, or as soon as
such specific device, sign or signal can be procured.
(b) Whenever the Chief of Police has erected and installed any of-
ficial traffic control device, signal or sign at any location in the City
of Georgetown, or has caused the same to be done under his direction, in
obedience to this Ordinance and the Manual shall thereafter file a report
with the City Secretary in writing and signed officially by the Chief of
Police, stating the type of traffic control device, sign or signal, and when
and where the same was e'rected,5and :installed. The City Secretary shall file
and maintain such report of the Chief of Police among the official papers
of the office of the City Secretary.
Section 7, It being unlawful for any person other than the Chief of
Police, acting pursuant to an Ordinance of the City, to install or cause to
be installed any signal, sign or device purporting to direct the use of the
streets or the activittes.on those streets of pedestrians, vehicles, motor
vehicles, or animals, proof, in any prosecution for a violation of this Or-
dinance or any traffic Ordinance of the City of Georgetown, that any traffic
control device, sign, signal or marking was actually in place on any street
shall constitute prima facie evidence that the same was installed by the
Chief of Police pursuant to the authority of this Ordinance and of the ordinance
directing the installation of such device, signal or marking.
Section 8. Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of
this Ordinance shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Dollar C$11
nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200).
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