Application for a permit is made to the clerk on forms furnished by the city. The application shall contain information as to location, nature, extent and costs of the proposed structure, work, installation, or other purposes, and other information which the building official or other duly authorized persons may require under this code. The application shall contain a declaration that the facts and representations therein made are true and correct, which statement shall be subscribed to by the person or persons, or officers or agents of a corporation, applying for said permit. (1974 Code § 1015.03)