A. It shall be unlawful for any person to make or attempt to make, or cause to be made any connection with the main sewer lines of the city without first having secured permit there for, and having paid a connection fee in an amount which shall be set by the Council from time to time. Permission to make such connection shall be granted upon application made upon blank forms furnished by the city and in manner as in such form prescribed. Such application shall be filed with the City Engineer, together with the connection fee. The City Engineer shall be authorized to issue a permit for making such connection. The fee so paid shall be deposited in the “sewer fund.” All sewer connections and pipe lines laid in connection therewith must be under the supervision of the City Engineer and in conformity with the requirements and provisions relating to such connections prescribed by the City Council.
B. A permit shall not be assignable or transferable or used to aid or abet any unlicensed firm or corporation in the performance of any work or operation for which such permit was issued.
C. It shall be unlawful for any person to enter upon any street or public place in the city or excavate therein for the purpose of laying any pipe or making any such connection or to lay such pipe or make such connection, without having first deposited, in addition to the application fee herein prescribed, a deposit in such sum as prescribed by the City Council as guarantee that the street or public place so excavated or disturbed will be repaired and placed in like condition as such street was, prior to the commencement of such excavation. The deposit shall be returned to the depositor if and when repairs of the streets as herein provided shall have been completed and approved. If repair is not made within ten (10) days after commencement of such excavation, the City Engineer shall cause the same to be repaired and charge the cost thereof against the deposit, and thereupon refund the balance, if any, not used.