No person or corporation engaged in building or improving, nor any gas, waterworks, or electric light company repairing its mains or pipes, shall fail to remove all dirt and material from the streets after the completion of the work, or to repair the injury done to the streets and pavements in the execution thereof, in a reasonable time. Any such person or corporation shall be required to pay the necessary costs and expense for the removal of said material, and the repair of the street and pavements. It shall be unlawful for anyone to leave any obstruction on the streets, sidewalks, alleys, or public ways of the city, or to leave any part of same torn up or unfit for public travel, unless the person shall place on same, in a conspicuous place, a red warning light lighted from twilight until daylight, at night, and necessary safeguards in daylight. Anyone violating this section shall be responsible and liable for all damages that may accrue because of such failure.
(1986 Code)