No person shall open, or suffer to remain open any cellar door, or the grating of any vault belonging to premises occupied by him or her on any street, alley or sidewalk in the city, for any purpose, except the purpose of taking in and removing goods or other articles; and any person or persons suffering such door or grating to remain open shall have a person stationed at such door or grating during the time such door or grating may remain open for the purpose of warning passers-by of the open condition of the door or grating.
(1960 Code, § 40-1-14) Penalty, see § 158.999