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Created: 2022-07-19 16:12:32 [EST] (Supp. No. 20, Update 2) Page 13 of 29 Sec. 18-107. Application. Application for a permit required in this division shall be made on forms approved and provided by the city and shall sufficiently describe the contemplated improvements, the contemplated date of beginning of work, and the length of time required to complete the improvement, provided that no permit shall be required for any such improvement ordered installed by the council. Such application shall also contain information showing the type of construction, the width and the location of an improvement on the parcel of land, and the lot and block number or the parcel number and the street and house number and a profile of the proposed improvement, if necessary, and other such information as may be required by the public services director. The application shall be filed by the property owners desiring to construct such a driveway approach, driveway turnaround, sidewalk, curb and gutter, driveway, curb cut, roadway surfacing or private improvements in any road or any property in the city, or by his duly authorized agent. All such applications shall contain an agreement by the applicant to be bound by this article. (Code 1984, §§ 6.05(2), 6.06(2)) Sec. 18-108. Responsibility for damages. A permit from the city under this division shall not relieve the holder from damages to the person or property of another caused by such work. (Code 1984, §§ 6.05(2), 6.06(2)) Sec. 18-109. Issuance. A permit required in this division shall be issued by the public services director, if he has determined that the applicant has complied with the terms of this article, the permit fee has been paid and the public services director has approved the driveway, driveway approach, driveway turnaround, sidewalk, curb and gutter, curb cuts, roadway surfacing or private improvement in any road or public property in the city as requested or with stipulated changes. The public services director shall have the authority to refuse to issue a permit when, in the judgment of the public services director, the requested construction would impose an unreasonable hazard to the public. There is no administrative appeal from the decision of the director. (Code 1984, §§ 6.05(3), 6.06(3)) Sec. 18-110. Permit fees. The fees for permits for the construction of improvements as outlined in this division shall be as set forth by resolution. (Code 1984, §§ 6.05(4), 6.06(4)) Sec. 18-111. Revocation. (a)A permit issued under the provisions of this division may be revoked by the public services director when he determines that the construction or activity authorized by the permit is not being performed according to the terms of the permit or this division. (b)In addition to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, a permit may be revoked by the city council; and the city shall have the right to revise, relocate or close any sidewalk, curb and gutter, driveway, driveway approach, driveway turnaround, curb cut or private improvement in any road or other property in the city as 16