(a) No person, without a franchise or in lieu thereof a permit in writing issued by the City Manager, shall use, lay, erect, construct, maintain or repair any conduits, ducts, mains, pipes, cables, wires, manholes, posts, poles, supports, towers, masts or other fixtures, devices or equipment in, on, upon, over, under or along the streets, avenues, highways, sidewalks or other public ways or public grounds within the City.
(b) Any person having been granted a franchise by the City shall erect, construct, maintain and repair the same in accordance with the terms and provisions of such franchise. Any other person desiring to erect, construct, maintain or repair the same shall, before performing any such work, make application in writing to the City Manager for a permit to do and perform the same. Such application shall show the name and address of the applicant, the location, depth or height of the work to be accomplished, the date when such work shall be started and completed, the nature thereof, and such other information as the City Manager shall reasonably require.
(c) If the City Manager approves such application, he shall issue a written permit showing the name and address of the applicant, the location and nature of the work, and the date upon which the same shall be accomplished.
(d) No such application or permit shall be made or issued for more than a single location.
(e) Each application shall be accompanied by a fee as may be required by the City, which fee may be determined to be the average cost of the administration of the procedures established by this article and in the supervision, inspection and approval of the work for which such application has been made.
(f) The person who has obtained a permit under this section shall report in writing to the City Manager's office immediately upon completion of the work outlined in such permit. (Passed 6-26-17.)