No person shall drill or commence drilling or operate a well for oil or gas, or lay or commence to lay, install, maintain or operate a pipeline, or make an excavation, in any street, alley, highway, parking space, sidewalk area or other public property, or erect, use or maintain a tank for the storing or transportation of oil, gas or water within the City, without first obtaining a permit to do so. Each such well, pipeline or tank shall require a separate permit. However, no such permit shall be required to cross an alley within the block where a permittee is drilling or operating such a well.
(Ord. 286. Passed 6-6-60.)