Earlier editions: 2026-09
Title 4 — PUBLIC SAFETY›Division 14 — OFFENSES
Irvine Municipal Code Ch. 4 Protection of Property
Irvine Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Irvine
Cite as: Irvine Municipal Code Chapter 4 · Text as of 2026-10-04
Sec. 4-14-401. - Damage to City 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 this 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.
(Code 1976, § IV.L-401; Ord. No. 27, § 38.011, 4-17-72)
Sec. 4-14-402. - Authority to post signs.¶
Nothing in this chapter contained 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 signboards, upon bridges, fences, buildings or other structures belonging to the City, under authority of the City Council.
(Code 1976, § IV.L-402; Ord. No. 27, § 38.012, 4-17-72)
Sec. 4-14-403. - Creeks, canals, channels, rivers.¶
It shall be unlawful for any person, other than the owner or lessee of the hereinafter designated land or lands, to cut, hack, injure, destroy, move or remove any cane, reeds, sticks, grass, bamboo, trees, lumber, brush, weeds or vegetation of any kind or nature, or printed, painted or written signs, or to dig, move or remove any sand, gravel, rocks, dirt, soil, debris, or other material or substance, or to start, build or maintain fires of any nature whatsoever in or on creeks, canals, channels or rivers, or the banks, beds, levees, dikes or embankments of said creeks, canals, channels or rivers, or other land or lands of another located in the City without the written consent of the owner or lessee of said creeks, canals, channels or rivers, or the banks, beds, levees, dikes or embankments of said creeks, canals, channels or rivers, or other land or lands, or except in the lawful performance of an official duty.
(Code 1976, § IV.L-403; Ord. No. 27, § 38.032, 4-17-72)
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