(A) Where excavating or digging is done in the streets for the purpose of making sewer, gas, water or wire connections, or for any other purpose, at the instance of and for the benefit of the abutting owner, the abutting property owner shall be liable and responsible, and the person doing the work shall be liable and responsible, for the proper and sufficient repair of the street, and the City Engineer is hereby authorized and required to make the necessary and proper repairs at the cost and expense of the person doing the work, or having the work done, or for whose benefit the work is done, or at the cost and expense of each of the persons or all of the persons, jointly and severally.
(B) Where the work is done by any person for his or her own use and benefit in the execution of his or her business, the person doing the work shall be liable and responsible for the proper repair of the street, and the City Engineer is hereby authorized and required to make the repairs at the cost and expense of the person doing the work or having the work done.
(1998 Code, § 106-78)