(A) Before final action is taken by the Superintendent of Streets on any application for a permit to excavate or fill, he or she shall consider all pertinent matters concerning the proposed excavation or fill and its possible effect upon the public health, safety and general welfare, and shall exercise a reasonable and sound discretion in the premises.
(B) The application shall be denied if it appears to the Superintendent of Streets from his or her investigation that the excavation or fill would:
(1) Unlawfully remove the lateral or subjacent support of the adjacent land;
(2) Result in a dangerous topographic condition;
(3) Cause seepage or slides;
(4) Improperly divert the flow of drainage waters;
(5) Create a nuisance; or
(6) Otherwise in any manner endanger the health, safety or property of any other person, despite all precautions which the applicant might be ready, willing and able to take.
(Prior Code, § 12.20.060)