[Ord. of 12-4-1972]
The traffic engineer shall place and maintain official traffic-control
devices when and as required under the traffic ordinances of this
municipality to make effective the provisions of said ordinances,
and may place and maintain such additional official traffic-control
devices as he may deem necessary to regulate, warn, or guide traffic
under the traffic ordinances of this municipality or the state vehicle
code. The installation of traffic-control devices on state-aid and
state highways shall be subject to Maine Department of Transportation
approval.
[Ord. of 12-4-1972]
All traffic-control signs, signals and devices shall conform
to the current edition of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
for Streets and Highways, published by the United States Department
of Transportation Federal Highway Administration. All traffic-control
devices so erected and not inconsistent with the provisions of state
law or this chapter shall be official traffic-control devices.
[Ord. of 12-4-1972]
The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any
official traffic-control device applicable thereto placed in accordance
with the provisions of this chapter, unless otherwise directed by
a police officer, subject to the exceptions granted the driver of
an authorized emergency vehicle.
[Ord. of 12-4-1972]
Whenever official traffic-control devices are placed in position
approximately conforming to the requirements of this chapter, such
devices shall be presumed to have been so placed by the official act
or direction of lawful authority, unless the contrary shall be established
by competent evidence.
[Ord. of 12-4-1972]
The traffic engineer shall have authority to declare any street
or part thereof a play street and to place appropriate signs or devices
in the roadway indicating and helping to protect the same.
[Ord. of 12-4-1972]
The traffic engineer is hereby authorized to mark traffic lanes
upon the roadway of any street or highway where a regular alignment
of traffic is necessary. On state-aid and state highways the authority
of the traffic engineer is subject to approval by the Maine Department
of Transportation.