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Sec. 152. Coal and fuel holes in sidewalks.

No opening in a street or sidewalk for fuel or coal hole shall
exceed 18 inches in diameter. Such opening shall be covered
with a substantial metal cover with a rough surface placed flush


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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.

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, who shall, after notification
by the City Manager, fail or refuse to comply with its provisions,
shall be fined $5.00 for each day such violation continues. Any
person violating the other provisions of this section shall be fined
$5.00 for each offense.