§ 15-25. Permit required

No person shall make any excavation, tunnel or bore in or under the surface of any street, construct, erect, place or repair any facility or equipment in, upon, along, across, under or over any street, or remove any facility or attached equipment from any street; repair, construct, reconstruct, erect or make any street betterment in, upon, along, across, under or over any street or remove any street betterment from any street when such work is done or performed by or at the instance and request of the owner of the real property abutting said street, where such street betterment is to be repaired, constructed, reconstructed, erected, or made or removed; destroy or remove any street improvement in, upon, along, across, under or over any street; construct, leave, place or maintain any obstruction in, upon, along, across or over any street; drive or operate a vehicle over any curb or sidewalk located upon any street at a point other than where a driveway has been constructed or otherwise approved, unless he shall have first obtained a permit as provided in this chapter; provided, however, that no permit shall be required for or in connection with the installation of poles, guys, anchors or appurtenances used or constructed and used under a franchise for public utility purposes where such poles, guys, anchors and appurtenances are located outside the paved or traveled portion of the street; and provided further that the location of all poles shall be approved first by the city. The permit required by this section is entitled "Public Right-of-Way Excavation and Construction Permit," and is further classified as "Class A" and "Class B" per sections 15-25.1 and 15-25.2.

(Code 1960, § 7200; Ord. No. 80-2, § 2, 2-4-80)