No person, except an authorized city employee or a contractor performing work under a contract with the city, shall make any excavating in a street, alley, sidewalk, or public ground without first having secured a permit therefore from the City Clerk-Treasurer. The fee for the permit shall be as listed in Ch. 33, Appendix A: Fees, Charges, Licenses and Permits for each location covered by the permit, but no fee shall be required for an excavation made pursuant to a permit for sewer or water construction.
(Ord. 108, passed 5-10-1982) Penalty, see § 10.99