No person shall make any opening in or through any curb or street without first obtaining a written permit therefor from the Director of Inspections. Curb cuts and sidewalk driveway crossings to provide access to private property shall comply with the following:
(a) No single curb cut shall be less than ten feet.
(b) The minimum distance between any curb cut and a public crosswalk shall be five feet.
(c) The minimum distance between curb cuts, except those serving residential property, shall be twenty-five feet.
(d) The maximum number of linear feet of sidewalk driveway crossings permitted for any lot, parcel of land, business or enterprise shall be forty-five percent of the total abutting street frontage, up to and including 200 linear feet of street frontage, plus twenty percent of the linear feet of street frontage in excess of 200 feet.
(e) The necessary adjustments to utility poles, light standards, fire hydrants, catch basins, street or railway signs, signals or other public improvements or installations shall be accomplished without cost to the City.
(f) All construction shall be in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the Director of Inspections.
(1974 Code § 4.18)