9.16.010 - Public grounds.

Any person who shall enter upon any of the public squares, waterfront or submerged lands or any other lands, belonging to or held by the city, and dig up the earth, or deposit any earth, rock or other substance thereon, or shall erect or attempt to erect any building, wharf, or structure of any kind, by driving or setting up posts or piles, or in any other manner appropriate or encumber any portion of the real estate belonging to or held by the city, unless such person shall have first obtained property authority so to do, shall be deemed guilty of an infraction.

(Prior code § 6-3.10)

9.16.020 - Defacing or injuring public buildings or fixtures.

It is unlawful for any person to deface, mar, break or in any way destroy or injure any portion of any public building, or the fixtures or contents thereof, which building is owned by the city.

(Prior code § 3-4.13)

9.16.030 - Removal of monuments.

It is declared to be unlawful for any person to remove or disturb, or cause to be removed or disturbed, any monument of granite, concrete, iron or other lasting material set for the purpose of locating or preserving the lines of any street or property subdivision within the city, without first obtaining permission in writing (a copy of which is to be filed by the applicant therefor in the Office of the City Engineer before it becomes effective) from the City Manager so to do; said permission to be granted upon the condition that the person applying therefor shall cause to be replaced at his expense, by the City Engineer of this city, the monument so removed or otherwise disturbed.

(Prior code § 7-3.09)

9.16.040 - Watercourses.

It is unlawful for any person to place, install, construct or maintain, or to cause or permit the installation, construction or maintenance of, any structure or obstruction, within, contiguous to, or across, or to change the course or meander lines of, or to discharge any industrial wastes or processing waters into, any watercourse within the city without first having obtained a permit therefor from the Director of Public Works/Superintendent of Streets upon written application therefor. Such permit shall be granted only after the completion by the applicant of all the conditions of Section 12.20.020 of this code.

For the purpose of construing this section, the term "watercourse" shall include any stream or stream bed, creek, canal, lake or other water flow.

(Prior code § 6-5.01)

9.16.050 - Leaks in gas pipes.

It shall be the duty of any person owning, maintaining or operating any gas pipes or gas mains beneath the surface of any public street to prevent leaks in such pipes or mains and to repair the same immediately. In the event that said person refuses or neglects to repair said leaks within five days after written notice from the Board of Park Directors to repair the same, it shall be lawful for the Director of Public Works/Superintendent of Streets, at the request of the Board of Park Directors, to make the necessary repairs thereto, and the cost and expense of making said repairs shall be paid to the city by the person owning, maintaining or operating said gas pipes or gas mains.

(Prior code § 6-3.05)

9.16.060 - Lighting—Approval of city before energy is supplied.

No person shall make any electric service connec tion to, or supply any electrical energy to, any ornamental street lighting installation until the Electrical Department shall have inspected and approved such installation as conforming to this Code and to ordinances, rules and regulations of the city thereto pertaining.

(Prior code § 6-2.40)