§ 50-7. Obstructing public passages.

(a)

No person shall willfully obstruct the free, convenient and normal use of any public sidewalk, street, highway, bridge, alley, road or other passageway or the entrance, corridor or passage of any public building, structure, watercraft or ferry by impeding, hindering, stifling, retarding or restraining traffic or passage thereon or therein.

(b)

This section shall not be applicable to the erection or construction of any barricades or other forms of obstructions as a safety measure in connection with construction, excavation, maintenance, repair, replacement or other work in or adjacent to any public sidewalk, street, highway, bridge, alley, road or other passageway nor to the placing of barricades or other forms of obstruction by governmental authorities or any officer or agent thereof, in the proper performance of duties.

(Code 1969, § 10-8; Code 1997, § 50-7)

State law reference

Similar provisions, R.S. 14:100.1.