a. Protective measures. Any person who removes, opens or otherwise disturbs the pavement of or excavates in a public street or uses any part of a public street so as to obstruct travel therein shall provide barriers, shoring, lighting, warning signs or other protective measures in accordance with the rules of the department, so as to prevent danger to persons and property, and such barriers, shoring, lighting warning signs or other protective measures shall be maintained in accordance with such rules until the work shall be completed, or the danger removed.
b. Required signs. Legible signs shall be displayed at the site of such work in accordance with the rules of the department, indicating thereon the name of the permittee, the name of the person for whom the work is being done and the names of any contractors, when employed.
c. Disturbance, prohibited. It shall be unlawful to throw down, displace or remove any barrier shoring, plate or warning sign or to extinguish or remove any light thereon or on any obstruction in any street, without the written consent of the commissioner or without the consent of the person superintending the work or materials protected thereby.
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1993/104.