§ 22-87. Placement.  


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  • (a)

    The chief of police, under the direction of the municipal council, shall place and maintain traffic control devices, conforming to the state highway commission's manual and specifications, upon all municipal streets, except state highways, as he or the council shall deem necessary to indicate and to carry out the provisions of this chapter, or to regulate, warn or guide traffic.

    (b)

    No municipal official shall place or maintain a traffic control device upon a highway which is under the jurisdiction of the state department of highways, except by the permission of the department.

    (c)

    No municipal official shall erect or maintain any traffic control device, sign, marker or emblem on a controlled access facility.

(Code 1981, § 10.04.010)

State law reference

Local traffic control devices, MCA 61-8-206.