Los Angeles County Municipal Code Ch. 15.92 Roads Under Construction

Whenever any public road or highway or portion thereof shall be in course of improvement, the board of supervisors may, if they deem it necessary to avoid injury to or interference with such work of improvement, order such road or highway, or any portion thereof in length or width, closed to travel during the course of such improvement, and the same shall thereupon remain closed to travel until such improvement is completed or the board shall order the road or highway reopened.

(Ord. 226 § 1, 1910.)

Whenever any public road or portion thereof shall be closed to travel under the provisions of Section 15.92.010, it shall be the duty of the contractor, engineer or other person in charge of the work of improving said road, to post conspicuously at each end of the portion of the highway closed, and at all intersections thereof with other public roads, signs containing in clearly legible letters not less than three inches high, the words "Road Closed."

(Ord. 82-0134 § 1, 1982: Ord. 226 § 2, 1910.)

No person shall lead, ride or drive any horse, mule or other animal, or drive or propel any wagon, automobile or other vehicle upon any public road or highway, or portion thereof, that is closed to travel under the provisions of Section 15.92.010; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to prohibit riding or driving thereon for purposes connected with the improvement thereof which is in progress; and provided further, that no person shall be guilty of a violation of this chapter who shall go upon the closed portion of any public road or highway at any intersection thereof with another public road, or at either end of such closed portion of such road, unless at such intersection or at such end of the closed portion of such road, as the case may be, the sign required by Section 15.92.020 is posted or unless such person has before going upon the closed portion of such road, been informed that such road or highway or portion thereof is closed to travel.

(Ord. 226 § 3, 1910.)

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, upon a first conviction by a fine not exceeding $50.00, and for a second conviction within a period of one year by a fine not exceeding $100.00, and for a third or any subsequent conviction within a period of one year by a fine not exceeding $250.00.

(Ord. 83-0081 § 9, 1983: Ord. 226 § 4, 1910.)