911.09 VAULTS, AREAS AND CELLARWAYS.
No person owning or occupying any premises shall construct or maintain any vault, area or cellarway opening in or upon or from any sidewalk or pavement unless and until permission therefor has been obtained from the Bureau of Buildings, Inspections, Licenses and Permits, and such vault, area or cellarway shall be covered with a strong iron grate or metal plate firmly embedded in a rim or frame of iron, level with the sidewalk or pavement. All such vaults, areas and cellarways shall be constructed of brick, stone or concrete.
(1954 Code Sec. 28.46)