§ 18-58. Creation of hazards not allowed.

(a)

No person shall create a hazard by:

(1)

Intentionally maintaining or leaving in a place accessible to children a container with a compartment of more than 1½ cubic feet capacity and a door or lid which locks or fastens automatically when closed and which cannot be easily opened from the inside; or

(2)

Being the owner or otherwise having possession of property upon which there is a well, cistern, cesspool, excavation or other hole of a depth of four feet or more and a top width of 12 inches or more, and intentionally failing or refusing to cover or fence it with a suitable protective construction.

(b)

The offense described in this section is an Independence Municipal Code Class A violation, per section 1-22.

(Prior Code, § 44.845; Code 2006, § 9.12.1)