Chapter 12.32
CLOSING OF STREETS
Sections:
12.32.010 Barriers and lights – Required when.
12.32.020 Barriers and lights – City control and supervision.
12.32.030 Barriers and lights – Contractor requirements.
12.32.040 Barriers and lights – Specifications – Failure to comply.
12.32.050 Barriers and lights – Removal prohibited.
12.32.060 Construction material storage requirements.
12.32.070 Driving through barriers prohibited.
12.32.080 Injuring or destroying work or materials prohibited.
12.32.090 Violation – Penalty.
12.32.010 Barriers and lights – Required when.
A. Whenever it shall be necessary to improve or repair or do any construction work or store any material in or upon any of the streets, sidewalks, alleys or other public places in the city, it shall be lawful to erect barricades or temporary fences thereon, and display warning lights on the same in such a manner as to temporarily close such public streets or any part thereof to public traffic, to the extent that may be necessary to protect any such improvement work, construction work or material which may be necessarily deposited in or upon any of such places for the purpose of carrying on the improvement or construction work, and to protect the public from danger and injury.
B. Whenever any such barricades or temporary fences shall be erected or installed by the city or any contractor or other person for the purposes set forth in this chapter, such public street, sidewalk, alley or other public place or part thereof shall be deemed to be and is hereby declared to be closed to public traffic, and the barricades, fences, warning lights and any and all things used by the city or any contractor or other person, and all of the construction work and places so barricaded and closed, as well as all material assembled for use in the course of such construction work or improvements, shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter. (Ord. 109 § 1, 1912)
12.32.020 Barriers and lights – City control and supervision.
All barricades, fences, warning lights or other devices placed in or upon any of the public streets, sidewalks, alleys or other public places in the city pursuant to the authority of SMC 12.32.010 are declared to be under the supervision and control of the city marshal, and all contractors and other persons barricading or temporarily closing any of such places under authority of this chapter shall exercise such rights and privileges subject to the control and supervision of the city marshal. (Ord. 109 § 2, 1912)
12.32.030 Barriers and lights – Contractor requirements.
It shall be the duty of all contractors or other persons doing any construction work or making any improvements upon or in any of the public streets, sidewalks, alleys or other public places in the city to guard any and all places which may be dangerous to the public by erecting barricades or fences or other protective devices of suitable material at proper places and displaying warning lights thereon. (Ord. 109 § 3, 1912)
12.32.040 Barriers and lights – Specifications – Failure to comply.
A. It shall be the duty of every contractor or other person erecting any barricade or fence or other device, as provided for in this chapter, to place thereon from and after sunset, lighted lanterns having either clear or ruby colored globes, and to keep the same lighted until sunrise of the following day. The number of such warning lanterns shall be sufficient to properly warn the public of the danger existing and that any of the said places are closed temporarily to the use of the public.
B. All barricades and signal lights required to be maintained by the terms of this chapter shall be under the supervision and control of the city marshal, and any contractor or other person who fails to comply with the directions and orders of the city marshal in respect to the number or kind of barricades, fences or other kinds of device used or in respect to the number and kind of warning lanterns required by this chapter, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of the provisions of this chapter, and shall be punished as provided for herein. (Ord. 109 § 4, 1912)
12.32.050 Barriers and lights – Removal prohibited.
It is unlawful for any person to remove, break, take down, carry away, destroy or in any manner render ineffective any barricade, fence or other device required to be maintained by this chapter, or any lantern or warning light which may be used or displayed as required by this chapter. (Ord. 109 § 5, 1912)
12.32.060 Construction material storage requirements.
It shall be the duty of every contractor or other person using any of the public streets, alleys, sidewalks or other public places in the city for the storage of material or for carrying on any private improvement or construction work, or who shall leave any obstruction in any of such places, to properly barricade and protect the public against danger from the same, and to display warning lights as provided for in SMC 12.32.040. (Ord. 109 § 6, 1912)
12.32.070 Driving through barriers prohibited.
It is unlawful for any person (other than an authorized police officer) to ride or drive any horse or other animal or vehicle of any kind in or upon any of the public streets, sidewalks, alleys or other public places which may be barricaded for the purpose of closing any of such places to public traffic. (Ord. 99-109 § 2, 1999; Ord. 109 § 7, 1912)
12.32.080 Injuring or destroying work or materials prohibited.
It is unlawful for any person to in any manner interfere with, disturb, injure, damage or destroy any construction work, public improvement, construction material or repair work during the course of construction or repair of any street, alley, sidewalk or other public place, or to in any manner interfere with, disturb, injure, damage or destroy any public or private improvement or construction work. (Ord. 109 § 8, 1912)
12.32.090 Violation – Penalty.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof before the city recorder, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined in a sum not less than $5.00 nor more than $100.00, and in default of the payment of any such fine imposed, shall be imprisoned in the city jail one day for each $2.00 of such fine, or may be punished by both fine and imprisonment not exceeding 10 days. (Ord. 109 § 9, 1912)