Whosoever leaves open or permits to be left open any cellar door, basement entrance, vault, cistern, well, ditch, or other like pit or hole on or adjoining any street, avenue, alley, or sidewalk within the city without securing or protecting the same so as not to endanger the safety of persons or animals passing thereby from falling therein, shall be subject to a penalty as set forth in § 10.99, and shall also be liable for all damages or injuries to persons or property arising from such neglect and for any damages or that may be recovered against the city in consequence thereof.
(1978 Code, § 12.08.150) (Ord. 17, passed - -1917) Penalty, see § 91.999