When any fence, barrier, barricade, danger signal, lantern or other sign is placed or shall be displayed in or upon any public street, lane, alley or other public place in the City for the purpose of giving notice or warning of any danger, obstruction, excavation, work of construction or the recent construction of any pavement, sidewalk, sewer, excavation, obstruction or public work of any character, it shall be unlawful for any person, except the persons charged with the duty of maintaining the fence, barrier, barricade, danger signal, light or other sign, to remove, displace or in any manner interfere with any such fence, barrier, barricade, danger signal light or other sign. During the period that the fence, barrier, barricade, danger signal, light or other sign shall remain in any public street, lane, alley or other public place from which it is apparent that the public is excluded or intended to be excluded by the fence, barrier, barricade, danger signal, light or other sign shall be deemed closed to public use, and while so closed it shall be unlawful for any person not employed in connection with the public work to go or drive thereon. It shall be deemed to be apparent that the public shall be excluded and intended to be excluded from that portion of a public street, lane, alley or public place, lying between fences, barriers, barricades, danger signals, lights or danger signs or adjacent to any such light, lantern, sign or danger signal.
(Ord. 200, passed 10-19-1951)