(a) No person, firm or corporation shall make any excavation in any street, alley, sidewalk or public way within the City unless a permit to make such excavation has been obtained prior to commencement of the work, as hereinafter provided.
(Ord. 34-64. Passed 4-20-64.)
(b) Each permit for making such excavation shall be confined to a single project and shall be issued by the Service Director or other proper administrative officer. Application shall be made on a form prescribed by the Service Director, giving the exact location of the proposed excavation, the kind of paving, the area and depth to be excavated and such other facts as the Service Director may deem necessary. The permit shall be issued only after a cash deposit sufficient to cover the cost of restoration, as determined by the Service Director, has been deposited with the Clerk-Auditor, conditioned upon prompt and satisfactory refilling of excavation and restoration of all surfaces disturbed. The fee for such permit, payable prior to issuance of the permit, shall be fifteen dollars ($15.00). Public utilities nevertheless may supply the City with a written undertaking satisfactory to the Director of Public Service and the Director of Law, in lieu of such cash deposit and may, in lieu of advance payment, pay permit fees monthly on receiving a statement therefor from the City so long as the City receives payment within fifteen days after mailing such statement.
(Ord. 18-80. Passed 3-3-80.)