Any person receiving a permit to make an excavation in or upon or adjoining any street, alley, sidewalk, thoroughfare or public ground, or any person making any excavation whatsoever and on either public or private ground, shall, during the progress and continuance of the work, erect, keep and maintain about and around the same by day and night, suitable guards and fences, lanterns and signals so as to prevent injury to any person, animals or vehicles on account of any such excavation.
(Prior Code, § 9-2-8)