§ 10.12.020. Existence of device prima facie evidence of authorized placement.


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  • 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 activities on those streets of pedestrians, vehicles, motor vehicles, or animals, proof, in any prosecution for a violation of this title or any traffic ordinance of the city 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 title and of the ordinance directing the installation of such device, signal or marking.

(Prior code § 17-54)