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Sec. 147. Streets and sidewalks—removing pavements
and excavating in streets and alleys.

No person, unless specially authorized by the Council, shall
take up or remove any portion of the surface of the sidewalk, or
street, or excavate in any public street or alley of the City without
written permission of the City Manager, who shall not refuse
permission to any applicant except for cause, but in case of refusal
the applicant may appeal to the Council. Before such permit
is granted the City Manager may require a deposit sufficient
to pay for resurfacing the street to be disturbed, the amount of
such deposit to be determined by the City Manager. It shall be
the duty of every person to whom a permit to remove a pavement
or street surface or excavate in any street or alley, shall
have been granted, to institute at once and prosecute without delay
the work for which such permit was obtained, and promptly
on its completion give written notice thereof to the City Manager.
No pavement, sidewalk, or street surface shall be replaced, after
being taken up, by any person except under the direction of the
City Manager. If the applicant fails to resurface the street disturbed
promptly and in a manner approved by the City Manager,
the City Manager is authorized to cause said work to be done at
the expense of the applicant.

Any person found guilty of taking up any pavement, sidewalk,

or street surface, or excavating in any street or alley in the
City without the written permission of the City Manager shall,
upon conviction, be fined not less than $5.00 nor more than
$10.00 for each offense, and each day that such violation continues
shall constitute a separate offense.

Any person to whom a permit is granted to do such work as
provided in this section shall place guards or barriers around such
excavation and shall protect it by warning lights at night, and
shall be responsible for damages to persons or property caused
by such excavations until taken in charge by the City Manager.
Any person failing to place such guards, barriers or lights as required
by this section, shall be fined not less than $1.00 nor more
than $10.00, and each day's neglect shall constitute a separate offense.

Every person who shall make application as above specified
shall be deemed to have assented thereby to all the provisions and
terms of this section including the right of the City to collect the
actual cost of replacing the pavement, sidewalk or street surface
in the manner above directed.

The provisions of this section shall not apply to work done by
City forces under the supervision of the City Manager, but the
City Manager may prescribe regulations for work done on City
streets by City forces.