A. When a street or way open to the public is designated a traffic congestion area pursuant to this chapter, the City Manager or designee shall post along the street or way so designated, in a conspicuous position, signs identifying the street or way open to the public as a traffic congestion area.

B. The signs shall be placed so as to reasonably notify passing drivers that a motor vehicle passing through a designated traffic congestion area more than two times in the same direction within a two-hour period is a violation of law.

C. Signs identifying an area as a traffic congestion area shall be at least three feet by three feet and shall state: “NOTICE – THIS IS A TRAFFIC CONGESTION AREA. THE DRIVER OF ANY VEHICLE PASSING THROUGH THIS AREA IN THE SAME DIRECTION MORE THAN TWO (2) TIMES IN ANY TWO (2) HOUR PERIOD SHALL BE GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND SUBJECT TO A PENALTY OF $250.00.”

D. The lettering of the phrase contained on the signs erected pursuant to this chapter shall be two and a one-half inches in height and two inches in width and shall be of a reflective material so as to be visible in the evening hours. [Ord. 76 § 1, 1996.]