No person shall be allowed to keep or use the space beneath the sidewalk lying between lot line and curb line unless a permit therefor shall have been obtained from the Governing Body. Before any permit shall be granted, the applicant for the permit shall submit plans and specifications of any present or proposed construction to the municipal official in charge of sidewalks. Should such plans or specifications be disapproved by him or her, no permit shall be granted therefor. All permits hereafter granted shall continue only upon the condition that the party receiving the same shall build, maintain, and keep in repair a sidewalk over the space used or constructed to be used and pay all damages that may be sustained by any person by reason of such use or by reason of the sidewalk being defective or in a dangerous condition. As a condition precedent to the issuance or continuance of any permit for the use of any space underneath the municipal sidewalks as herein contemplated, the Governing Body may require applicant to furnish a bond to the municipality as obligee for the benefit of any person or persons who may suffer any damage or damages by reason of such use. The bond shall be in such sum as the Governing Body, in its discretion, may designate.
(1990 Code, § 8-202)