Upon receiving an application to excavate or to encroach at any place mentioned in Section 12.04.020, the city engineer shall either approve, conditionally approve or reject it. If the application is approved, or conditionally approved, the director shall cause the deposit, if any, to be paid into the city treasury and/or such surety bond, if any, to be deposited with the director of finance, and shall issue a written permit authorizing the encroachment. The permit shall include all the conditions required by this code and conditions set by the director. In the event the application is denied, any deposit made or bond submitted in connection therewith shall be forthwith returned to the applicant; provided, that the applicant, if dissatisfied with such rejection or with any condition attached to an approval, may appeal following the procedure set out in Chapter 1.20 of this code. (Ord. 1131 § 4 (part), 1989: prior code § 7310.6)