(A) It shall be unlawful for any person making any excavation for any purpose whatsoever in any of the streets or sidewalks to fail to securely cover the excavations with planks or place ropes or other barricades around the excavation three feet from the ground or fail to place a sufficient number of lights around the excavation before dark and to keep the light burning all night every night the excavation shall be open.
(B) In addition, it shall be unlawful for any person making any excavation to fail to place the required signs at or near the excavation as required by the Police Department.
(Prior Code, § 21-17) Penalty, see § 96.99