(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to place, maintain or display any device, other than an official warning or direction sign or signal authorized by statute or ordinance, upon or in view of any street, if such device purports to be, or is in imitation of, an official warning or direction signal, or directs or purports to direct the movement of traffic. Any such unauthorized device is hereby declared to be a nuisance, and may be removed by any police officer.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to deface, injure, move or interfere with any official traffic sign, signal, flare or barricade.
(1975 Code, § 20-107) Penalty, see § 70.99