(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to allow any trench, ditch or excavation or obstruction in or on any street, sidewalk or public place of the city to remain open between sunset and sunrise, unless the trench, ditch or excavation has a sufficient number of lights properly displayed around it as danger signals to prevent accidents to persons or property.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to remove or extinguish any light which may be placed as a signal at night to warn persons of danger from ditches, trenches, building materials, scaffolds, excavations, impediments or obstacles of any description whatsoever in the city.
(1985 Code, § 16-8) Penalty, see § 10.99