No excavation in the City shall remain open for a period of
more than 60 days. Where an excavation is dug for the purpose of constructing
a cellar, it shall be the responsibility of the owner of the property
in which such excavation is situate that such cellar and its covering
be completed within 60 days of the date such excavation is commenced;
or in the alternative such owner shall either fill in such excavation
to the level of the surrounding ground or cause a sturdy and substantial
fence to be built around such excavation. In any event no such excavation
shall remain open, even if fenced, for a period of more than six months.
[Amended 4-2-2002]
Any violation of this chapter shall constitute a violation of
the Code of the City of Cortland and shall be punished by a fine not
exceeding $500. Each separate thirty-day period that the violation
continues to exist shall constitute a separate violation.