Before any person, other than a duly authorized City officer or employee or other than provided for in a contract with the City, makes any excavation in any street, boulevard, avenue, alley, highway or other public ground in the City, or removes the surface of any sidewalk or any part thereof, or opens any sidewalk in the City, such person shall file with the Building Commissioner an application accurately indicating the location, kind and extent of such proposed excavation or removal of sidewalk, the number, purpose and size of such, removals or excavations which are desired or necessary, and furnish any other information requested by the Commissioner and obtain a permit. If any excavations are for a purpose other than pursuant to a contract with the City, the applicant shall deposit with the Director of Finance an amount sufficient to cover the cost of and supervision of backfilling, repairing, restoring and relaying the pavement or hard surface or the sidewalk, as the case may be, together with the cost of any new material, as the same is estimated by the Commissioner or any other person designated by the Mayor or Director of Public Service to make such estimate.
(Ord. 1964-87. Passed 12-28-64.)