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I I 1- , / .- ,~.- AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE PLACING AND MAINTAINING OF TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES; REQUIRING ALL SUCH DEVICES TO CONFORM TO STATE HIGHWAY DEPART- MENT MANUAL AND SPECIFICATIONS OR CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION; PROVIDING THAT ALL SUCH DEVICES SO CONFORMING SHALL BE OFFICIAL; REQUIRING DRIVERS OF ALL MOTOR VEHICLES TO OBEY SUCH DEVICES WITH SPECIFIC EXCEPTIONS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS: Section 1. The Police Department of the City of San Marcos, Texas, shall place and maintain traffic-control signs, signals and devices for the purpose of regulating, guiding or warning traffic at the following street intersections within the limits of the City of San Marcos: (a) The intersection of North Guadalupe Street and Colorado Street. (b) The intersection of North Guadalupe Street and Hutchison Street. (c) The intersection of North Guadalupe Street and Hopkins Street. (d) The intersection of Guadalupe Street and San Antonio Street. (e) The intersection of South Guadalupe Street and Comal Street. (f) The intersection of Lyndon B. Johnson Drive and San Antonio Street (two separate traffic-control signs, signals and devices to be placed at this intersection). (g) The intersection of North Lyndon B. Johnson Drive and Hopkins Street. (h) The intersection of North Lyndon B. Johnson Drive and Hutchison Street. (i) The intersection of North Lyndon B. Johnson Drive and Colorado Street. (j) The intersection of Edward Gary Street and Hopkins Street. (k) The intersection of North Lyndon B. Johnson Drive and Roanoak Street. (1) The intersection of RM 12 and Hutchison Street. (m) The intersection of Lyndon B. Johnson Drive and Cheatham Street. Section 2. The Police Department of the City of San Marcos, Texas, shall place and maintain a traffic-control sign, signal and device for the purpose of regulating, guiding or warning traffic and pedestrians on North Lyndon B. Johnson Drive, approximately 200 feet North of the intersection of North Lyndon B. Johnson Drive and Roanoak Street. Section 3. All traffic-control signs, signals and devices shall conform to the manual and specifications approved by the State Highway Commission or resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of San Marcos, and all such signs, signals and devices shall, so far as practicable, be uniform as to type and location throughout the City. All traffic-control signs, signals and dev2ces so erected and not inconsistent with the provisions of state law or this ordinance shall be official traffic-control devices. Section 4. The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic-control device applicable thereto placed in accordance with this ordinance, unless otherwise directed by a police officer, subject to the excep- tions granted to the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle in another ordinance of the City of San Marcos heretofore promulgated. Section 5. The safety of the public in general being endangered, due to the fact that the existing ordinances of this municipality do not afford an adequate and comprehensive regulation governing the erection of official traffic-control signs, signals and devices, an emergency is apparent, requiring