Before any persons other than a duly authorized City employee shall made any opening or tunnel in any street, boulevard, avenue, alley, highway or other public grounds in the City or remove the surface of any sidewalk or any part thereof, such person shall file with the Director of Safety-Service a written or printed application thereof, setting forth and accurately indicating therein the location, kind and extent of the proposed opening, tunnel or removal of sidewalk, and the number, purpose and size of the openings or excavations which are desired or necessary. If any openings or excavations be for a purpose other than pursuant to a contract with the City, the applicant shall pay to the Clerk a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) and shall also deposit with the Clerk the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) in cash or bond or an amount determined by the Director of Safety-Service to cover the cost of and supervision of backfilling, repairing, restoring and relaying the pavement or hard surface of the sidewalk, as the case may be, together with the cost of any new material.
(Ord. 2006-05. Passed 2-27-05.)