A. Covering Required: Every cellar door, basement entrance or other like aperture or opening over any vault, cistern and every well, ditch or other like pit or hole on or adjoining any sidewalk within the Village shall be covered with a substantial grate or plate, and the construction of all such vaults under the public ways shall be subject to the direction and supervision of the Superintendent of Public Works.
B. Leaving Cover Open: It shall be unlawful for any person to leave open or permit to be left open any such grate or plate over any cellar, vault, etc., without securing or protecting the same, so as to endanger the safety of persons or animals passing thereupon.
C. Construction; Permit Required: Such grates or plates as provided for in subsection A must be made of steel or iron having a rough surface and rabbeted into or made flush with the sidewalk. No portion or feature of such cover shall project above or form a depression below the finished surface of the sidewalk in which such cover is placed. Such covers shall be capable of supporting a load of not less than three hundred (300) pounds per square foot of area. Provided, that no sidewalk to accommodate cellars or vaults beneath shall be constructed without a permit therefor issued by the Board of Trustees, and all such work shall be performed to the satisfaction of the Superintendent of Public Works and the Village Engineer. (1970 Code §8-1-16; 1995 Code)