No person, except an authorized city employee or contractor performing work under a contract with the city, shall make any excavation in a street, alley, sidewalk or public ground without first having secured a permit therefor from the City Administrator’s Office. The fee for such a permit shall be $10 for each location covered by the permit, but no fee shall be required for an excavation made pursuant to a permit for sewer or water construction.
(2009 Code, § 301.01) Penalty, see § 10.99