(a) Permit. No person other than the City shall construct or build any curb or cut or remove any curb along any street within the City without a permit from the City Manager.
(b) Application for Permit. The application by a property owner for permission to cut, destroy or remove or build any curb along any street within the City shall be in writing and shall state the names of the owners of the property adjacent to the curb sought to be so cut, the location of such property and number of feet of curb sought to be cut, destroyed or removed or built, and shall also contain a statement as to the purpose for which such removal is sought.
Such application shall be signed by the owner of the property adjacent to such curb so sought to be cut or removed, and the application shall be accompanied by a detailed plat, blueprint or drawing showing the amount of curb sought to be removed, giving the distance to be removed measured both from the top of the curb sought to be removed, and the distance to be removed measured along the bottom of the proposed cut at the level of the gutter of the street, and shall also show by detailed plat, blueprint or drawing whether or not a proposed drive or entranceway is to be made, and if so, the amount of surface of the sidewalk which will be included in the drive or entranceway and whether or not the present grade of sidewalk will be changed thereby.
(c) Permit Fee. The application for permission to cut any curb or remove the same shall be accompanied by a fee of two dollars ($2.00) per running foot for each foot of curb sought to be removed, such foot of curb sought to be removed to be computed by measurements from the top of the curbs.
If permission is granted by the City manager to cut or remove any curb, a fee of two dollars ($2.00) per foot shall be retained by the City as compensation for relaying such curb.
(1977 Code Sec. 8-12)