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SECTION 3231. Obedience to Traffic Control Devices. The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic control device applicable thereto if placed in accordance with the Vehicle Code and this Code, unless other- wise directed by a Police Officer, subject to the exemptions granted the driver of any emergency vehicle when responding to emergency calls. SECTION 3232. Traffic Siqnals. The Director of Public Works is authorized to install and maintain official traffic control signals at those intersections and at other places where traffic conditions are such as to require that the flow of traffic be alternately interrupted and released in order to prevent or relieve traffic congestion, or to protect life or property from exceptional hazard in accordance with engineering studies. SECTION 3232.1. Same. Roadway Markinqs. The Director of Public Works is authorized to place and maintain distinctive roadway markings, as described in the Vehicle Code, on those streets, or parts of streets, where the volume of traffic or the vertical or other curvature of the roadway renders it hazardous to drive on the left side of such markings or signs and markings. SECTION 3232.2. Same. Lane Lines. The Director of Public Works is authorized to mark center lines and lane lines upon the surface of the roadway to indicate the course to be traveled by vehicles, and may place signs temporarily indicating lanes to be used by traffic moving in a particular direction, regardless of the center line of the highway. SECTION 3232.3. Same. Discontinuance of Operation. The Director of Public Works is authorized to remove, relocate or discontinue the operation of any traffic control device or curb marking not specifically authorized by State Law, Or this Code or resolutions, whenever engineering studies show that the conditions whichwarrant or require such control no longer exist or where such device is in conflict with the provisions of this Code. SECTION 3232.4. Same. Traffic Control Devices - Hours of Operation. The Director of Public Works shall determine the hours in which any traffic control device shall be in Operation or be in effect, except in cases where such hours or days are specified by this Code or resolution. SECTION 3233. Temporary Siqns. The Chief of Police and his authorized officers are hereby authorized to erect and maintain t~nporary signs or signals regulating traffic and movement of vehicles upon the streets in the City, so as to prohibit travel or turning of vehicles upon said streets as in their opinion the occasion may require. No driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of the signs. -5-