Before any person other than a duly authorized City officer or employee makes any opening or tunneling in any street, alley or other public grounds in the City or removes the surface of any sidewalk or any part thereof, such person shall file with the Director of Public Service a written or printed application therefor, setting forth and accurately indicating therein the location, kind and extent of the proposed opening 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 are for a purpose other than pursuant to a contract with the City, the applicant shall pay a fee as set out in Chapter 185 of the Administrative Code (the General Fee Schedule) and shall deposit with the City a bond sufficient to cover the cost 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, as the same shall be estimated by the Director of Public Service, but in no event less than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(Ord. 196-57. Passed 7-29-57.)