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Title 9 — PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE›Chapter 9.00 — OFFENSES BY OR AGAINST PUBLIC OFFICERS AND GOVERNMENT

Diamond Bar Municipal Code Div. 2 Interference with County Property or Notices

Diamond Bar Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Diamond Bar

Cite as: Diamond Bar Municipal Code Division 2 · Text as of 2026-10-04

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Cross reference— Graffiti, ch. 8.20; streets, sidewalks and public property, § 12.00.010 et seq.

Subdivision I. - Generally

Sec. 9.00.310. - Penalty for violation of division.

Any person violating any of the provisions of this division, except as otherwise provided, is guilty of an infraction, punishable as provided in section 1.04.020.

(Ord. No. 14(1989), § 2(13.12.090), 6-27-89)

Exceptions & meaning →

Secs. 9.00.320—9.00.400. - Reserved.

Subdivision II. - Disturbing Posted Notices

Sec. 9.00.410. - Removing or defacing official notices prohibited; exception.

No person shall intentionally deface, tear down, obliterate or destroy any copy, transcript or extract of or from any city ordinance which shall be posted in, on or along any highway or other public place, or any proclamation, advertisement or notice set up at any place by authority of any ordinance of the city, before the expiration of the time in which such proclamation, advertisement or notice was to remain set up.

(Ord. No. 14(1989), § 2(13.12.010), 6-27-89)

Exceptions & meaning →

Sec. 9.00.420. - Penalty for violation of section 9.00.410.

Violation of section 9.00.410 is an infraction punishable as provided in section 1.04.020.

(Ord. No. 14(1989), § 2(13.12.020), 6-27-89)

Exceptions & meaning →

Secs. 9.00.430—9.00.600. - Reserved.

Subdivision III. - Interference With City Property

Sec. 9.00.610. - Posting signs and defacing property.

No person shall paint, post, attach or affix any handbill, dodger, notice, sign or advertisement upon or to any bridge, fence, building or other property belonging to the city, or any tree situated in any public highway of the city; and no person shall deface, mar or disfigure any bridge, fence, building or other structure belonging to the city, or any tree situated in any public highway of the city, by painting, cutting, scratching or breaking the same or attaching or affixing anything thereto.

(Ord. No. 14(1989), § 2(13.12.030), 6-27-89)

Exceptions & meaning →

Sec. 9.00.620. - Signs or billboards on public highways prohibited; exceptions.

No person shall erect, construct, place or maintain any signboard, billboard, sign or advertisement in, over or on any public highway of the city with the exception of public transportation signs as provided in the city's sign ordinance and signs and advertisements of a temporary or seasonal nature and of general community interest that may be authorized as provided by ordinance regarding encroachments.

(Ord. No. 14(1989), § 2(13.12.040), 6-27-89)

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Sec. 9.00.630. - Paint in aerosol cans.

(a) A person shall not carry any aerosol can of paint into or upon any city-owned building, grounds, park or other facility without the permission of the city officer in charge, unless such aerosol can is sealed or completely enclosed in a sealed container. For the purposes of this section, a public highway is not a city-owned facility.

(b) Violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable as provided in section 1.04.010.

(Ord. No. 14(1989), § 2(13.12.050), 6-27-89)

Exceptions & meaning →

Sec. 9.00.640. - Authorized signs not restricted.

Nothing contained in this division shall be construed to prohibit the erection or placing in any highway of mile posts, mile boards, guide boards or guide posts, or the painting, posting, attaching or affixing of warning signs, notices or sign boards upon bridges, fences, buildings or other structures belonging to the city, under authority of the city council.

(Ord. No. 14(1989), § 2(13.12.060), 6-27-89)

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Sec. 9.00.650. - Unlocking doors, gates or other facilities deemed misdemeanor.

Every person, not authorized by the proper authority so to do, who unlocks, in any manner, any lock, gate, door or any other appurtenance, which lock, gate, door or other appurtenance is owned by or under the control of the city is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ord. No. 14(1989), § 2(13.12.070), 6-27-89)

Exceptions & meaning →

Sec. 9.00.660. - Removal of unauthorized signs.

The sheriff and the road commissioner shall remove every handbill, dodger, notice, sign or advertisement painted, posted, attached or affixed contrary to the provisions of sections 9.00.610 or 9.00.620.

(Ord. No. 14(1989), § 2(13.12.080), 6-27-89)

Exceptions & meaning →

Secs. 9.00.670—9.00.800. - Reserved.

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