Chico Municipal Code Ch. 9.42 Injury to Public Property 4

It shall be unlawful for any person to write, stamp, or affix, mark or attach upon any wall, tower or other part of any building owned or controlled by the city, or any subdivision thereof, or upon any fence surrounding or any approach to such building or upon any electrolier, any pole or mast used for the transmission of electricity, owned or controlled by the city or being used to furnish the city electricity; provided however, that this section shall not apply to the acts of laborers or mechanics duly authorized to perform such work.

(Prior code § 16.43 (Ord. 224 §250))

It shall be unlawful for any person to cover up, destroy or remove any monument erected or placed by the city manager, city engineer or the public works director.

If it shall become necessary for any person, in the pursuit of any lawful purpose to have any such monument removed, notice of such necessity shall be given to the director of public works. The director of public works shall proceed forthwith, at the cost of the person requiring such removal, to remove such monument, and place the same in its original position as soon as the object shall be attained for which the removal shall have been made.

(Prior code § 16.42 (Ord. 224 §251, Ord. 607 §3), Ord. 2439 §74)

It shall be unlawful for any person in the city, to cause the removal of any street guide or any portion thereof; obliterate, deface, destroy, or interfere with any street guide or street or parking sign, or any portion thereof.

(Prior code § 23.15 (Ord. 224 §210))