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Sec. 30-22. Same—Coal or fuel holes.

No opening in a street or sidewalk for fuel or coal holes
shall exceed eighteen inches in diameter. Such opening shall
be covered with a substantial metal cover with a rough surface,
placed flush with the surface of the sidewalk. Such fuel
or coal holes hereafter constructed shall be in accordance with
plans first approved by the city manager and shall not be constructed
until a written permit shall have been obtained from
the city manager. It shall be unlawful for the owner or occupant
of any building, the fuel or coal hole to which does not
conform to this section, or the owner, user or lessor of any
such fuel or coal hole, after notification by the city manager,
to fail or refuse to comply with its provisions. (Code 1959,
§ 30-22.)