It is a misdemeanor for any person, except a city employee acting within the course and scope of his or her employment or a contractor acting within the course and scope of a contract with the city, to make any excavation, opening or tunnel in, over, across or upon a street or other public property without first having obtained a written permit from the City Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer as herein provided.
(1989 Code, § 7.08) Penalty, see § 91.999