No person shall remove, destroy, or tear down any barricade, fence, railing, or other device erected or constructed for the purpose of protecting paving or any other work while in the course of construction or after it has been constructed on any of the streets, alleys, or public grounds of the city. No person shall drive over or upon or go upon any paving or other public works in any of the streets, alleys, or public grounds of the city while the same is protected by any barrier, fence, or railing, or until such barrier, fence, or railing has been removed by the contractors having such work in charge, or by the duly authorized officials of the city. It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person to mark, deface, destroy, remove, or carry away any street sign or highway marker erected either by authority of the city or by the state within the corporate limits of the city.
(Prior Code, § 95.22) Penalty, see § 95.99