(a) It is unlawful for any person to abandon or discard in a place accessible to children, or to store, keep or permit to remain on any property under such person’s control in a place accessible to children, any icebox or refrigerator which has an airtight door or lid, snaplock, or other locking device, which may not be released from within the icebox or refrigerator, without first removing the door or lid, snaplock, or other locking device.
(b) Subsection (a) is not intended and shall not be construed to apply to:
(1) Iceboxes or refrigerators kept within any building for the purposes of display, inventory, or repair in the regular course of business; provided that an attendant is in the building at all times when the building is not under lock and key;
(2) Iceboxes or refrigerators within the enclosed dwelling area of a home; or
(3) Iceboxes or refrigerators actually being used for the purpose of refrigeration.
(Sec. 13-22.1, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.)) (1990 Code, Ch. 40, Art. 4, § 40-4.1)