Upon compliance by applicant with the conditions and requirements of section 16.02.03 of this article, the application and plat shall be approved by the director of public works and shall become a file of public record in the office of the director of public works, and thereupon, the director of public works shall issue, in such form as he shall approve, a written permit to the applicant to do and perform the acts mentioned in the application. (1954 Code §§19.6, 19.8; amd. 1994 Code)