§ 5.52.020 PERMIT—REQUIRED, SPECIFIED PERSONS EXCEPTED.
   It shall be unlawful for any person, other than the regularly constituted authorities of the United States, the state, the county or the city, to open, conduct, manage or maintain any hospital as defined in this chapter within the corporate limits of the city without first having obtained a permit in writing from the City Council so to do, as provided in this chapter.
(`83 Code, § 5.52.020)