Sonora Municipal Code § 12.12 Street Closing for Repairs

If it appears necessary for the city council or the chief of police or the street committee or other officers or appropriate employees to close any road, street, alley, or highway or any part thereof within the city, so as to permit work thereon in the construction, alteration or repair of the highway or for the laying of sewers, water or gas mains, or for other public improvements, or for the purpose of a public exhibition or amusement, such as races, games, contests or any day of celebration or public event, the said officers, or any of them, may close or cause to be closed the whole or any portion of such street, alley, road or highway deemed necessary to be excluded from public travel.

(Ord. 71 § 1, 1918.)

While any street, alley, road or highway or portion thereof is closed under the provisions of Section 12.12.010, or while any such street, alley, road or highway or portion thereof is in process of construction, maintenance, or repair, the officers or employees designated in Section 12.12.010 may erect or cause to be erected suitable barriers or obstructions thereon, and may post or cause to be posted, conspicuous notices to the effect that the street, alley, road or highway or portion thereof is closed, or may cause to be placed warning lights and lanterns on such streets, alleys, roads or highways or portion thereof.

(Ord. 71 § 2, 1918.)

When any street, alley, road or highway or portion thereof is closed to the public or in the process of construction, maintenance or repair as provided in this chapter, any person who wilfully breaks down, removes, injures or destroys any barriers or obstructions, or tears down, removes or destroys any notices, or extinguishes, removes, or injures or destroys any warning lights or lanterns erected, posted or placed by any officer or employee designated in Section 12.12.010 is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding the sum of one hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 71 § 3, 1918.)