The consent of the city to temporarily take down or interfere with the working of any telegraph or telephone wires owned or operated by the city may be granted by the chief of police, upon written application first approved by the chief of the fire department. Such application must state the place where such wires are to be taken down or the point where the interference is to take place, and the specific hours, not more than two, and those in the daytime, during which the working of the line will be interfered with. The person obtaining such consent must notify the chief of the fire department thereof before acting upon such consent. (Prior code § 26.01.055)