(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to make or cause to be made an opening, ditch or excavation in or upon any of the streets, avenues, alleys, or other public places of the City for the laying of any pipes already laid, or for any other purpose whatsoever, except upon condition that a permit therefor shall have first been obtained from the City Clerk for such purpose.
(B) (1) Any company, corporation of person desiring to lay, lower, change, or remove any gas, water or other pipe or pipes or to make connection therewith or to make any change, alteration or improvement in the right-of-way on any street, shall first apply to the City Clerk for a permit to enter upon such street, avenue, alley or other public place of the City. Such application shall accurately describe the premises sought to be broken, dug or excavated and the applicant shall agree to guard properly the place which may be dug, broken or excavated so as to protect the City from loss and all persons from accident or injury and to complete the work to be done with reasonable dispatch and in accordance with specifications and standards furnished by the City Clerk at the time the permit is issued, or in the case of a public utility, two copies of such current specifications and standards may be filed by the City Clerk at the local office of the utility. The application shall be signed by the person, persons, firm or corporation by their or its duly authorized agent; and in addition to the other requirements therein described shall recite that the person, persons, firm or corporation to whom the same is issued, will indemnify the City against any loss or damage in any way resulting to the City by the granting of the permit to such applicant.
(2) The permit shall be issued by the Clerk, in triplicate, and one copy shall remain on file in the Clerk’s office and two copies shall be delivered to the person, persons, firm or corporation, making application or to their or its duly authorized agent, and one of the said two copies shall at all times, when any work is in progress concerning which the permit was issued, be at the location of said work in the custody of the person or persons to whom a permit is issued shall be and remain responsible for the proper reconstruction of the right-of-way or any street, avenue, alley, or other public place described in the said permit issued to them in accordance with the specifications and standards hereinabove described for a period of one year from the date that the said permit is issued.
(C) It shall further be unlawful for any person to make or cause to be made an opening, ditch or excavation in or upon any curbing adjacent to any street, avenue or other public place in said City for any purpose whatsoever without first having obtained a permit from the City Clerk for such purpose.
(D) Any person who shall desire to make any opening in or to remove any portion of a curb adjacent to any public street, avenue, or other public place shall first apply to the City Clerk for a permit. Such application shall accurately describe the premises sought to be broken, dug, excavated or removed. No such permit shall be granted unless the applicant shall agree to either replace said curb in as good condition as before or if said applicant desires, to replace said curb with a driveway or other means of ingress and egress to said premises from the street, avenue or other public way, then said applicant shall agree to construct said driveway of a hard surfaced material such as asphalt or concrete according to specifications approved by the City Engineer.
(E) The City Clerk shall collect a fee in the amount of $25.00 for each permit issued hereunder. Said fee shall be paid prior to the issuance of the permit.
(Prior Code, Art. 18, § 18.21)