(a) No person shall cut any curb on any street, alley or other public roadway within the City without first obtaining a permit to do so. No person who is issued a permit shall cut a curb at any location or of any dimension not approved by the Street Department Superintendent or the City Engineer, nor shall any person who is issued a permit cut a curb without complying with the conditions subject to which the permit was issued.
(b) The City Manager may, upon application of a property owner desirous of access to his or her property, after payment of the fee required, issue a permit to cut a curb only if:
(1) The Street Department Superintendent or the City Engineer deems the curb cut is necessary or beneficial to the full use and enjoyment of such property;
(2) The Street Department Superintendent or the City Engineer approves the location and dimensions of the curb cut;
(3) The curb cut will not, in the opinion of the Street Department Superintendent or the City Engineer, create or unduly add to the traffic problems or hazards in the area; and
(4) The permit is so conditioned that the applicant must restore any existing curb cuts, the use of which has previously been or will be discontinued or abandoned by the curb cut applied for, and agrees to restore the curb proposed to be cut to its former condition when and if the use or purpose for which it is being cut is discontinued or abandoned.
(c) A fee of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be paid before any permit to cut a curb is issued.
(Ord. 2363. Passed 6-28-93.)