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17 Traffic 'ontrol Device 313.07 313.04 PEDESTRIAN CONTROL SIGNALS. Whenever special pedestrian signals exhibiting the words "walk", "don't walk", or "wait" are in place, such signals shall indicate the following instructions: (a) "Walk": Pedestrians facing such signal may proceed across the roadway in the direction of the signal and shall be given the right of way by the operators of all vehic 1es . (b) "Don't walk" or "wait"_ No pedestrian shall start to cross the roadway in the direction of the signal. (ORC 4511.14; Ord. 613. Passed 7-7-~42.) 313.05 FLASHING TRAFFIC SIGNALS. Whenever flashing red or yellow traffic signals are used, they slti~.ll require obedience as follows: (a) Flashing red stop signal: Operators of vehicles shall stop before entering the intersection or at a limit line when marked, and the right to proceed shall be subject to the rules applicable after making a stop at a stop sign. (b) Flashing yellow caution si nal: Operators of vehicles may proceed through the intersection or past such signal only with caution. (ORC 4511.15; Ord. 613. Passed7-7-42. ) 313.06 UNAUTHORIZED SIGNS AND SIGNALS, HIDING FROM VIEW, ADVERTISING. (a) No person shall place, maintain, or display upon or in view of any street any unauthorized sign, signal, marking, or device which purports to be or is an imitation of ~,~ or resembles a traffic control device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic, or which hides from view or interferes with the effective- ness of any traffic control device or any railroad sign or signal, and no person shall place or maintain, nor shall any public authority permit upon any street any traffic sign or signal bearing thereon any commercial advertising. This section does not prohibit the erection upon private property adjacent to streets of signs giving useful directional information and of a type that cannot be mistalzen for traffic control devices. (b) Every such prohibited sign, signal, marking, or device is a public nuisance, and the Police Department is authorized to remove the same or cause it to be removed. (ORC 4511.16; Ord. 613. Passed 7-7-42. ) 313.07 ALTERATION, INJURY, REMOVAL OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS. No person shall without lawful authority attempt to or willfully alter, defacse, injure, knock down, or remove any traffic control device, any railroad sign or signal, or any inscription, shield, or insignia thereon, or any part thereof. This prohibition includes the driving upon or over any freshly painted center line, lane line, letter, number, or symbol on the surface of a roadway while the paint is in an undried condition and is marked by flags, markers, signs, or other devices intended to protect it. (ORC 4511.17)