No person shall perform or engage in any excavation, construction, alteration, repair, or any other similar type of interference or obstruction in, on, or under any public street, alley, sidewalk, parkway, or any other public property, including, but not limited to, the installation, repair, maintenance, or removal of any pipe, conduit, duct or other utility or device, the alteration of grade, the installation of driveway approaches, repair or reconstruction of street, sidewalks, curbs or gutters, or any other type of physical interference with, or any obstruction of street or other public property, including, but not limited to, the standing or parking of trucks or equipment used in construction type activity, without a permit issued under the provisions of this chapter. (1962 Code §§ 7-1.03, 7-3.02)