It is hereby declared a menace to the public safety and a nuisance for any person:
(A) To erect or use, or to cause or permit to be erected or used, any insecure or unsafe scaffold or ladder whereby the safety of persons working thereon or passing thereunder may in any way be endangered; and
(B) To place or leave, or to cause or permit to be placed or left, any tools or articles on any such scaffold or ladder in such manner that the same may fall into any street, sidewalk or other public way, whereby the safety of persons passing thereunder may in any way be endangered.
(1974 Code, § 5-5-2.8)