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<br />~ 12-70 <br /> <br />MARTINSVILLE CODE <br /> <br />Sec. 12-70. Rules and regulations of traffic engineer. <br /> <br />The traffic engineer is hereby authorized and directed, except as otherwise provided, to <br />make and promulgate rules and regulations for the stopping, standing and parking of vehicles <br />upon the streets, highway and municipal parking lots of this city; to designate areas for bus <br />stops, taxicab stands, loading zones, parking for public officials and employees and handi- <br />capped parking; to prohibit stopping, standing or parking on any street, highway or municipal <br />parking lot or any part or portion thereof; to cause to be erected any sign, marking or <br />traffic-control device necessary; and to amend, alter or revoke, either permanently or <br />temporarily, any such rule or regulation at any time. The existence of any sign, marking or <br />traffic-control device giving notice or warning of any such rule or regulation shall be prima <br />facie proof that such rule or regulation has been promulgated by the traffic engineer in <br />accordance with this section. <br />(Ord. of 2-24-81, ~ 10-74) <br /> <br />Sec. 12-71. Presumption as to signs regulating parking; standing or stopping; <br />unauthorized signs. <br /> <br />Any sign erected or placed upon any public street or highway or in any municipal parking <br />lot regulating the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles shall be presumed to be an official <br />sign erected or placed at the direction of the traffic engineer. It shall be unlawful and shall <br />constitute a Class 4 misdemeanor for any person not authorized by the traffic engineer to erect <br />or place any sign upon any public street or highway or in any municipal parking lot purporting <br />to regulate the stopping, standing or parking vehicles. <br />(Ord. No. 2-24-81, ~ 10-75) <br />Cross reference-Penalty for Class 4 misdemeanor, ~ 1-11. <br />State law reference-Unauthorized traffic signs, Code of Virginia, ~ 46.2-831. <br /> <br />Sec. 12-72. Damaging, removing, etc., stopping, standing or parking signs. <br /> <br />It shall be unlawful and a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to damage, remove, deface <br />or alter any official sign regulating the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles in this city. <br />(Ord. of 2-24-81, ~ 10-75) <br />Cross references-Penalty for Class 1 misdemeanor, ~ 1-11; defacing, removing or <br />obstructing street signs generally, ~ 19-12. <br />State law reference-Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, ~ 46.2-832. <br /> <br />Supp. No. 63 <br /> <br />726 <br />