It shall be unlawful to place, or to allow to be placed any discarded, abandoned, unattended or unused refrigerator, ice box or similar container equipped with an air-tight door or lid, snap lock or other locking device which cannot be released from the inside, in a location accessible to children outside any building or within any unoccupied or abandoned building without first removing the door, lid, snap lock or other locking device from said ice box, refrigerator or similar container. This provision applies equally to the owner of any such refrigerator, ice box or similar container and to the owner or occupant of the premises where the hazard is permitted to remain. (1983 Code § 7-1-26)