Application for any such permit shall be in writing, stating specifically the space desired and the size of the pipe, conduit, cable or other construction which it is desired to install, together with the purpose for which said pipe, conduit, cable or other construction is to be used. It shall be discretionary with the commissioner of streets and sanitation or commissioner as to whether such permit shall be issued, and nothing herein contained shall be construed as making it obligatory upon either of said officers to issue such permit when, in the judgment of either of said commissioners, such permit should be refused for causes that he deems sufficient.
(Prior code § 185-49; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 1.12)