10.48.030 Traffic Congestion Areas – Posting of Signs.
A. When a street or way open to the public is designated a traffic congestion area pursuant to this Chapter, officers of the Pierce County Sheriff's Department 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 2-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 TIMES IN ANY 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 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.