§ 23-281. Required.

(1)

It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in land-clearing, land-removing or land-filling activities in the city, or to use, operate, propel or maintain in use any bulldozer, payloader, front-end loader, backhoe, dragline, power shovel, road grader, dump truck, dredge, sand-pumping machine, pump line, fill spreader or other heavy-duty land-clearing, land-removing or land-filling equipment within the city limits, without first obtaining a permit from the inspection division and payment of applicable fees.

(2)

The application fee shall be paid at the time of submittal. The permit fee shall be paid at the time of issuance.

(3)

Where work for which a permit is required by section 7-3 is started prior to obtaining a permit, the fee shall be tripled; but the payment of the fee shall not relieve any person from complying with this article nor from any other penalties which may be imposed.

(Code 1966, §§ 7-57(1), 21A-5(2))