A. Any person who removes, destroys, disturbs, or in any manner injures any grade stake, stone or other mark or monument set by or under authority of the town to designate or mark grades, lines, corners or bench marks on any public work in the town prior to the completion and acceptance of the contract for which such stakes or monuments are set, without lawful authority, is guilty of an offense.
B. Any contractor or other person constructing any public work in the town shall protect such work by barriers or obstructions. It is unlawful for any person to cross the barriers or to remove them until the work has been completed and opened by authority of the town. (1998 Code)