As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
DISTRIBUTOR
Any person responsible for placing or maintaining a pay telephone.
PAY TELEPHONE
Any self-service or coin- or credit-card-operated telephone
or telephones located in or over a public sidewalk or public street.
PERSON
An individual, business, firm, corporation, association,
partnership or other organization or group of persons.
PUBLIC SIDEWALK
That area of a public street dedicated to public use for
pedestrian traffic. The public sidewalk shall include those areas
between the curb and the sidewalk, where such areas exist, and areas
beyond the sidewalk, if dedicated to public use.
PUBLIC STREET
All that area dedicated to public use for public street purposes
and shall include but not be limited to roadways, parkways and alleys.
Pay telephones shall comply with the following
standards:
A. Provide dial tone at all times when the receiver is
taken off hook (when receiver is removed from its normal holder).
B. Restrict incoming calls; that is, the telephone shall
be used only for outgoing calls.
C. No enclosed booth shall surround a pay telephone,
although soundproof panels may separate each telephone in a multiphone
installation.
D. Each coin-operated pay telephone shall be equipped
with a coin-return mechanism to permit a caller to obtain an immediate
refund of all moneys deposited, when applicable. The coin-return mechanism
shall be maintained in good working order.
E. Each pay telephone shall have affixed to it, in a
place visible to everyone using the pay telephone, the name and address
of the distributor and the telephone number of a working telephone
service to report a malfunction or secure a refund.
F. Pay 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 pay telephone shall be serviced and maintained
so that:
(1) It is reasonably free of chipped, faded, peeling and
cracked paint on the visible painted areas thereof.
(2) It is reasonably free of rust and corrosion on the
visible unpainted metal areas thereon.
(3) Any clear plastic or glass parts are unbroken and
reasonably free of cracks, dents, blemishes and discolorations.
(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 telephone.
G. Each pay telephone shall be restricted to outgoing
calls only.
H. Any distributor or pay telephone company that fails
to maintain its pay telephone in good working condition shall be given
a ten-day written notice by the Village Manager, or his designee,
to repair the pay telephone. If the pay telephone is not in good working
condition at the end of the ten-day period, the Village Manager, or
his designee, may revoke the permit.
I. If telephone books or other written manuals are provided,
they shall be maintained in good condition to ensure readability.
All existing pay telephone owners or operators
shall have a period of sixty days from the effective date of this
article to obtain the permits required by this article. The Village
Manager, or his designee, reserves the right to reject any and all
locations submitted for approval if a location or installation is
not in conformity with this article.
Any violation of this article shall subject
the violator to the penalty provisions set forth in the Village Code.