Any person making or causing to be made an excavation or opening in any street, alley, sidewalk, or other public place, or within 5 feet of the boundary of any street, or public place, shall, between sunset and sunrise on every night that the same remains open or danger exists therefrom, keep the excavation or opening fenced or barricaded and properly lighted so as to warn all persons of the excavation or opening and all obstructions. No unauthorized person shall remove or interfere in any way with any such lantern or other danger signal or any such barriers.
(1984 Code, § 4.11) Penalty, see § 10.99