Any person desiring to perform work of any kind in a public way with the city shall make application for a permit. The decision by the city to issue a permit shall be based on and shall include, among other factors determined and found by the city, the following:
(A) The capacity of the public way to accommodate the facilities or structures proposed to be installed in the public way;
(B) The capacity of the public way to accommodate multiple wires in addition to cables, conduits, pipes, or other facilities or structures of other users of the public way, such as electrical power, telephone, gas, sewer, and water;
(C) The damage or disruption, if any, of public or private facilities, improvements, or landscaping previously existing in the public way; and
(D) The public interest in minimizing the cost and disruption of construction from numerous excavations of the public way.
(Prior Code, § 13.06.020) (Ord. 12-98, passed 5-20-1998)