No person, firm, or corporation as principal agent, employee, or otherwise, except officers, agents, and employees of the city acting within the scope of their employment, shall excavate in any street, avenue, court, alley, place, sidewalk, or other highway in the city without first obtaining from the city engineer or his authorized representative a written permit so to do, and without first making the deposits and paying the fees as required in this chapter. This section shall not be applicable to excavations performed pursuant to contracts awarded therefor by the city.
(Prior code § 12.04.020 (Ord. 487 § 1, 1960))