Creation of Hazards on Land: Penalty

A person is guilty of a petty misdemeanor when he:

(a)abandons, keeps or knowingly permits to remain on premises under his control an unused refrigerator, icebox, deep freeze locker or similar container having a capacity of one and one-half (1/2) cubic feet or more from which the door or the hinges and latch mechanism has not been removed. This Subsection shall not apply to a person engaged in the business of selling refrigerators, iceboxes or deep freeze lockers who keeps them for sale, if he takes reasonable precautions to secure the door of any such COL6/24/2021 CH. 61 RIOT, DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND RELATED OFFENSES refrigerator, icebox or deep freeze locker so as to prevent entrance by children small enough to fit therein.

(b)being the owner or otherwise having possession of property upon which an abandoned well or cesspool is located, fails to cover the same with suitable protective construction.