(A) Any scaffolds or ladders that overhang or can fall into any public street, alley or other public place or way in the village, shall be firmly and properly constructed and safeguarded; and it shall be unlawful to place or leave any tools or articles on any place in a manner that the same can fall into any street, sidewalk, alley or other public way from a greater height than 4 feet.
(B) It shall be unlawful to place any movable article on any window ledge or other place abutting a public street, alley or other place at a height above 4 feet from the ground, in such a manner that the same can be or is in danger of falling onto the street, sidewalk, alley or other public place.
(1968 Code §§ 79.23, 79.24)