§ 154.04  EXCAVATIONS.
   (A)   No person shall take up or remove any sidewalk, paving, concrete or asphalt, macadam or other covering of any of the improved roads, streets or alleys of the city without having first obtained a permit therefor, as is hereinafter provided.
   (B)   Any person desiring such permit shall make application therefor in writing to the City Clerk, specifying the exact location at which the excavation is to be made and purpose therefor and shall make and deliver to the City Clerk a bond in a minimum penalty in an amount set by Council from time to time and an additional amount set by Council from time to time for each rod or fraction thereof in excess of one rod with good personal security, payable to the city, conditioned for the proper replacing of the brick, concrete or macadam or asphalt covering and to repair and replace the same at any time within a period of one year from the date thereof in case the same should settle or become out of alignment and to indemnify and save harmless the city for a like period of one year against any suits or claim for damages anyone may sustain by reason thereof.
   (C)   No person shall leave open any excavation made in any of the roads streets or alleys of the city overnight without properly barricading the same and placing lighted red lanterns as a warning thereof.
   (D)   No person shall place upon any of the roads, streets, alleys or sidewalks of the city any substance, obstruction, material or thing of any kind that may cause personal injuries or injuries to property or that may cause or endanger life, limb, person or property.
(Prior Code, § 905.04)  Penalty, see § 10.99