As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meaning indicated:
DIRECTOR
Director of Code Enforcement or the Director's designee.
DISTRIBUTOR
Any person responsible for placing and maintaining a pay
telephone on or above a public right-of-way as herein defined.
PAY TELEPHONE
Any self-service or coin- or credit-card-operated telephone.
PERSON
An individual, business, firm, corporation, association,
partnership or other organization or group of persons.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
Any surface or area dedicated for public use for the purpose
of pedestrian or vehicular traffic, including, but not limited to,
all sidewalks, streets, avenues, roadways and alleys.
SIDEWALKS
Any surface provided for the use of pedestrians, including
the area from a curb to the facade of any adjacent structure.
All pay telephones shall conform to the following standards:
A. No booth surrounding a telephone shall exceed eight (8) feet in height,
four (4) feet in width or four (4) feet in depth.
B. Each telephone shall be equipped with a coin-return mechanism to
permit a person using the telephone to secure an immediate refund
if a call cannot be placed. The coin-return mechanism shall be maintained
in good working order.
C. Each telephone shall have affixed to it, in a place visible to anyone
using the telephone, a telephone number of a working telephone service
to report a malfunction, to secure a refund or to provide the notices
set forth in this chapter.
D. Telephones shall be maintained in a neat and clean condition and
in good repair at all times. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, a telephone shall be serviced and maintained so that:
(1) It is reasonably free of chipped, faded, peeling and cracked paint
in the visible painted areas thereof.
(2) It is reasonably free of rust and corrosion in the visible unpainted
metal areas thereon.
(3) Any clear plastic or glass parts are unbroken and reasonably free
of cracks, dents, graffiti, blemishes and discoloration.
(4) Any paper or cardboard parts or inserts are reasonably free of tears,
peeling or fading.
(5) The structural parts thereof are not broken or unduly misshapen.
(6) The telephone receiver is attached to the pay telephone.
E. Any owner or permittee who fails to maintain its pay telephone in
working condition shall be given a ten-day written notice to repair
the telephone by the Director of Code Enforcement. If the telephone
is not in working order at the end of the ten-day period, the Director
of Code Enforcement shall advise the City Clerk, and the City Clerk
shall revoke the permit. Upon the repair of the pay telephone, the
Director of Code Enforcement shall advise the City Clerk that the
telephone has been repaired. Upon payment of a twenty-five dollar
($25) restoration fee, the City Clerk shall reinstate the pay telephone
permit.
F. Each pay telephone shall be restricted to outgoing calls. Permits
for pay telephones that are not so restricted shall be subject to
summary suspension and the penalties set forth in this chapter for
each day in service without being restricted to outgoing calls.
Any violation of this chapter shall subject the violator to
a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one
thousand ($1,000). Each violation of any of the provisions of this
chapter and each day there is a violation thereof shall be deemed
and taken to be a separate and distinct offense.