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AN ORDINANCE FOR THE PURPOSE OF REGULATING CUTTING INTO THE SURFACE OF, OR TUNNELING UNDER STREETS, AVENUES, ALLEYS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC WAYS; PROVIDING THAT IN ANY SUCH CASE A PERMIT MUST BE FIRST OBTAINED FROM THE MAYOR OR FROM THE CITY ENGINEER, BEFORE ANY SUCH WORK IS BEGUN; PROVIDING FOR THE RESTORATION OF SUCH STREETS, AVENUES, ALLEYS AND SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC WAYS; WITHIN TEN DAYS FROME THE DATE OF ISSUANCE OF SAID PERMIT, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES (NOTE: THIS ORDINANCE WAS AMENDED BY ORD-62:2870 ON JANUARY 1, 1962)
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS:
Section 1. No person, firm or corporation shall cut into, or tunnel into or in any manner disturb any street, avenue, alley, sidewalk or public way in the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, without first applying for and obtaining from the Mayor, or from the City Engineer, a written permit to do so, which shall be dated, and shall give the name and address of the person to whom the permit is granted, and the location of the place where the street, avenue, alley, sidewalk, or public way is to be out into, or tunneled under, and the purpose for which said permit is granted.
Section 2. Any person, firm or corporation, cutting into or tunneling under or in any way disturbing any street, avenue, alley, sidewalk or public way, without first having obtained said permit as provided by Section 1 hereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars.
Section 3. Any person, firm or corporation to whom such permit shall have been granted, failing or refusing to restore said street, alley, avenue, sidewalk or public way to the same condition in which it was before it was cut into, or tunneled under, or disturbed within the period of ten days from the date of the issuance of the said permit to him, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and ...
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