No telegraph, telephone, electric light and power poles, wires, tubes, cables, and other wires and lines and no constructing of sewers, sewer connections, drains, water lines, gas line, and other utilities equipment shall hereafter be placed on, under, or above the surface of any street, alley, or public place embraced within the boundaries of the city, and no opening, cut, or excavation in or under any of said surfaces shall be made until a permit granting the right to do such work shall first have been obtained. (2008 Code, § 13.04.010) Penalty, see § 152.99