Persons engaged in the erection, construction, reconstruction, wrecking or repairing of any building, or the construction or repair of a sidewalk along any street, may occupy the public street space with such building material and equipment as long as is necessary if the person shall make application to and receive a permit in writing from the Engineering Department to do so; provided that, no permit for the occupancy of the sidewalk space, and more than 1/3 of the roadway of the public space adjacent to the real estate on which the building is to be constructed, erected, reconstructed, wrecked or repaired, shall be granted; and provided further that a suitable passageway for pedestrians shall be maintained within the public space included in the permit, which shall be protected and lighted in the manner required by the department issuing the permit.
(Prior Code, § 46-6)