Subject: 9910/Code/Sec25-42/TamperingWithConstructionSigns,etc.
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1989 12:20:00 -0500


                              ORDINANCE NO.   9910 
                  
                  
                   AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHATTANOOGA CITY CODE,
                   PART II, CHAPTER 25, BY ADDING A NEW SECTION
                   25-42, RELATIVE TO TAMPERING WITH
                   CONSTRUCTION SIGNS AND BARRICADES AND TRAVEL
                   ON CLOSED ROADS.
                  
                  
                                                    
                  
                  
       	    	 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
       CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE:
       	    	 SECTION 1.  That Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter
       25, be and is hereby amended so as to add a new Section 25-42 as
       follows:
            Sec. 25-42.	   Tampering with construction signs and
                           barricades; travel on closed roads.
           
            	 (a)  Definitions:
           
            	 (1)  "Barricade" means a barrier for obstructing
                      the passage of motor vehicle traffic.
           
            	 (2)  "Detour sign" means any sign placed across or
                      on a public road of the state, the county or a
                      municipal authority, or by their contractors,
                      indicating that such road is closed or
                      partially closed, which sign also indicates
                      the direction of an alternate route to be
                      followed to give access to certain points.
           
            	 (3)  "Fence" means a barrier to prevent the
                      intrusion of motor vehicle traffic.
           
            	 (4)  "Officially closed" means a highway or road
                      that has been officially closed by a
                      governmental unit, the Department of
                      Transportation, or the City governmental unit,
                      including the county.
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            	 (5)  "Warning sign" means a sign indicating
                      construction work in the area.
           
            	 (b)  It shall be unlawful for any person in the
            City to intentionally:
           
            	 (1)  Destroy, knock down, remove, deface or alter
                      any lighting flasher letter or figures on a
                      detour or warning sign set upon a highway or
                      road in the City of Chattanooga.
           
            	 (2)  Knock down, remove, rearrange, destroy, deface
                      or alter any letter or figures on a barricade
                      or fence erected on any highway or road
                      located in the City.
           
            	 (3)  Drive around or through any barricade or fence
                      on any officially closed highway or road
                      located in the City.
           
            	 (4)  To drive around such detour sign or barricade
                      or fence or ignore or disregard a warning sign
                      before such road has been officially opened to
                      public traffic by the Tennessee Department of
                      Transportation or by the county or by a
                      municipal officer of the agency, division,
                      department or officer responsible for
                      constructing or maintaining such roads.
           
           
       	    	 SECTION 2.  That this ordinance shall be effective two
       (2) weeks from and after its passage as provided by law.
      
       PASSED on Third and Final
       Reading July 13, 1993.	     s/s_________________________________
       	    	      	   	     	         CHAIRPERSON
      
       	    	      	   	     APPROVED:   X   DISAPPROVED: _______
      
       	    	      	   	     DATE:  July 15, 1993.
      
      
       	    	      	   	     s/s_________________________________
       	    	      	   	     	       	    MAYOR
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