It shall be unlawful for any owner of a lot or tract of land within a residential district to excavate a basement for a proposed building at such place, and then allow the excavation to remain open and exposed for a period of more than six months without constructing a building over the excavation. The failure of the owner to construct a building over the excavation or, in lieu thereof, to fill in the excavation within six months from the digging thereof is declared to be a violation.
(Ord. passed 11-7-77) Penalty, see § 92.99