Barriers and Lights.
Milwaukee Code of Ordinances § 115-29
in effect115-29. Barriers and Lights.
1. Any person installing, excavating, constructing, reconstructing, grading, filling, or doing any other repairing or improving in any public way or public place shall provide adequate barricade lights and such other protective devices as may be necessary to adequately warn the public of the condition of the area and prevent injury to any person or property.
2. It shall be unlawful for any person without proper authority to remove, throw down, or cause to be removed or thrown down any barrier or barricade or any part thereof; or to remove, or put out or destroy, or turn out or tamper with, or cause to be removed, put out or destroyed, or turned out or tampered with, any light or lamp erected, or put up, in or upon any public way or public place.
3. It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person to drive through or into barricade areas in any public way or public place unless the person driving through or into such barricaded area secures permission from the commissioner.
Source: City of Milwaukee Legislative Reference Bureau, Milwaukee City Charter and Code of Ordinances (city.milwaukee.gov master PDFs)URL: https://city.milwaukee.gov/ImageLibrary/Groups/ccClerk/Ordinances/Volume-1/CH115.pdf#page=14Fetched: 10/26/2026