No steps, platform, or other fixture shall extend into or upon any sidewalk or alley in the city more than 3 feet; and all stairs or steps encroaching upon any sidewalk or alley and leading to the upper story of any building shall be securely fastened to the wall of the building and supported without posts or pillars. No open cellar or basement way shall be permitted to extend into any sidewalk more than 3 feet, and in all cases shall be well protected with a substantial iron railing around the same, with a gate at the entrance; nor shall any closed cellar or basement way extend into or upon any sidewalk more than 5 feet, nor into any alley more than 4 feet; nor shall the hinges, lock or other fastenings thereof be placed on the upper side of the same so as to project above the door, unless within 2½ feet of the building. All cellar windows or coal holes in any sidewalk or alley shall be set or and be well secured with iron or other suitable gratings. No person shall leave open any cellar door or grating of any vault in any sidewalk in front of the premises occupied by that person.
(1963 Code, § 8-5-8) Penalty, see § 93.999