(A) Any person laying or repairing any pavement on a street, sidewalk or other public place or making any excavation in any such place shall maintain suitable barricades to prevent injury to any person or vehicle by reason of the work. Such barricades shall be protected by a light at nighttime.
(B) Any defects in any pavement shall be barricaded to prevent any injury, and any person properly maintaining any opening or excavation in any such place shall guard such opening or excavation while the same remains open by proper barricades and lights.
(C) It shall be unlawful to disturb or interfere with any barricade or light lawfully placed to protect or mark any new pavement or excavation or opening in any public street, alley or sidewalk.
(1997 Code, § 9.06) Penalty, see § 10.99