No person shall lay any street railroad track in or upon any of the public ways or other public places within the city, without first procuring a permit therefor, in writing, from the commissioner of transportation.
Such permit shall be issued by the commissioner of transportation in accordance with the terms of the respective ordinances under which such track may be authorized to be laid, and in accordance with the provisions of this Code applicable thereto, and shall specify in full the terms and conditions under which the same shall be constructed. The department of transportation shall inspect and supervise the said construction sufficiently to ascertain whether such terms and conditions are in fact complied with. All work thereunder shall be superintended by the department of transportation.
For every such permit there shall be paid to the city the cost of issuing the same and the expense of superintendence of such construction under such permit. The cost of such issuance and superintendence shall be computed and fixed by said commissioner.
(Prior code § 188-14; Amend Coun. J. 11-8-12, p. 38872, § 172)