A. Required:
1. Excavations: Any person laying or repairing any pavement on a street, sidewalk or other public place, or making an excavation in any such place shall maintain adequate and complete barricades to prevent injury to any person or vehicle by reason of the work; such barricade to be protected by plainly visible lights at night.
2. Defects: Defects in any such pavement shall be barricaded to prevent any injury, and any person maintaining by proper authority any opening or excavation shall guard such opening or excavation while the same remains open by proper barricades and lights.
B. Interference Prohibited: It shall be unlawful to disturb or interfere with any barricade or lights lawfully placed to protect or mark any new pavement or excavation or opening in any public street, alley or sidewalk. (1988 Code § 5-3A-9)