Any person, firm or corporation who abandons or discards, in any place accessible to children, any refrigerator, icebox, or ice chest, of a capacity of one and one-half (11/2) cubic feet or more, which has an attached lid or door which may be opened or fastened shut by means of an attached latch, or who, being the owner, lessee, or manager of such place, knowingly permits such abandoned or discarded refrigerator, icebox or ice chest to remain in such condition, shall be deemed negligent as a matter of law and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or imprisoned not more than sixty (60) days, or be so fined and imprisoned. (2007 Code § 9-30; amd. 2019 Code)