No person shall leave open or permit to be left open any cellar door, basement entrance, vault, cistern, well, ditch, or other like pit or hole, on or adjoining any street, alley, sidewalk, or other public ground, without securing or protecting the same, so as not to endanger the safety of persons or animals passing thereby from falling therein. The person shall be liable for all damages or injuries to persons or property arising from any such neglect, and for any damage that may be recovered against the village in consequence thereof.
Penalty, see § 97.999