The city manager shall enforce the provisions of this chapter. The city manager's jurisdiction over the installation and maintenance of benches shall be complete, subject only to the provision of this chapter.
(Prior code § 17-45)
A. 
All fees and costs provided for in this chapter shall be those approved by the council as set forth in a resolution which may, from time to time, be amended.
B. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, if the city manager determines that the nature of the advertising on a bench is of a community promotional nature, the manager may waive or modify the fees and charges.
(Prior code § 17-48)
No fee paid pursuant to this chapter shall be refunded in the event a permit application is denied or the permit revoked, except that when, for any cause beyond the control of the permittee, a permit is revoked within sixty days after the date of issuance or last renewal thereof, the permit fee for the current year may be refunded to the permittee upon written demand filed within three months after the date of revocation.
(Prior code § 17-49)
A. 
The city manager may remove a bench from the street in the following instances:
1. 
After expiration or revocation of the bench permit;
2. 
When the bench is placed on the street without a permit;
3. 
When a bench is placed or maintained in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, or any other requirements set forth in the permit.
B. 
The city manager may give the permittee ten days' written notice, addressed to the permittee at the location set forth in the application, to remove the bench or to make the necessary corrections. The city manager shall hold any bench for at least thirty days after its removal from the street, during which time the permittee or owner may recover the bench by paying the city for the cost of such removal and storage. Such costs shall not exceed those provided by the council. At the expiration of the thirty-day period, the city manager may sell, destroy or otherwise dispose of such bench at the city manager's discretion. All of the foregoing shall be at the sole risk of the permittee or owner and shall be in addition to any other remedy which the city may have by law.
(Prior code § 17-46)
Any applicant for a permit required by this chapter, or any permittee or owner or tenant of property in front of which a bench is placed pursuant to this chapter, who is aggrieved by any action or decision of the city manager, may appeal to the council within ten days after rendering of the city manager's decision by filing with the clerk of the council a written notice appealing the decision and paying a fee in the amount determined by the council. In the event of any such appeal, written notice shall be sent to the applicant, at the address set forth in the application, at least ten days prior to any hearing before the council, and written notice shall likewise be given to any person filing a request for such notice with the city clerk at least ten days prior to any public hearing. The decision of the council on any appeal shall be final.
(Prior code § 17-47)
For failure to comply with any provision of this chapter or with any requirement of the permit issued pursuant to this chapter, there shall be, in addition to all other fees provided by this chapter, a surcharge as prescribed by the council. This sum shall constitute a civil debt to the city, and no permit shall be issued or renewed until such amount is received by the city treasurer.
(Prior code § 17-44)