§ 86-50. Approval or disapproval.  


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  • (a)

    The director of public works shall either approve or disapprove the application for the permit required in this division in five business days after it is submitted. The director of public works may approve an application either as applied for or subject to special requirements, as provided in section 86-49, which special requirements shall be endorsed on the permit when issued and become a part thereof. If an application is not approved, the director of public works shall so notify the applicant, in writing, stating the reasons for disapproval. An applicant may, if he so desires, undertake the revision of the unapproved application and resubmit it to the director of public works who shall approve, approve subject to special requirements or disapprove the amended application within two business days.

    (b)

    The director of public works may disapprove applications for permits under this article only for the following reasons:

    (1)

    The proposed barricading, channelizing, signing, warning or other traffic control procedures or the equipment therefor do not comply with the requirements of the specifications adopted in section 86-1.

    (2)

    The nature of the work to be performed or its location is such that the work may, without imposing any undue hardship on the applicant, be performed without the necessity of blocking or closing the sidewalk, street, alley, highway or other right-of-way.

    (3)

    The work or the manner in which it is to be performed will violate this Code or a state statute.

    (4)

    Failure to furnish all of the information required by this article or, except for good cause shown, to file the application within the time prescribed by this article.

    (5)

    Misrepresenting or falsifying any information in the application.

(Code 1968, §§ 26-22, 26-86)