§ 64-165. Conditions for vault encroachments.  


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  • No person shall excavate or cause to be excavated, near or adjoining any street, sidewalk or other public place any vault, area, coal hole, basement, cellar or opening without covering such vault or other opening, and securing the grating or covering thereof in such manner as to prevent persons, animals or vehicles from falling therein; and no person shall keep or leave open any cellar door, grating or stairway of any vault, cellar, basement area, or coal hole, in, near or adjoining any sidewalk, alley or other public place; and no person shall suffer or allow any such cellar door, grating or stairway in front of or alongside any house, building, lot or premises, owned or occupied by him, to be or remain in an insecure condition or out of repair.

(Ord. No. 141025 , § 1, 12-18-14)