As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
DISTRIBUTOR
Any person responsible for placing and maintaining a pay
telephone in a public way hereinafter defined.
PAY TELEPHONE
Any self-service or coin or credit card operated telephone
and associated equipment.
PERSON
An individual, business, firm, corporation, association,
partnership or other organization or group of persons.
PUBLIC NUISANCE
A public telephone, which the Village has reasonable cause
to believe is used on a regular basis in furtherance of unlawful activity.
SIDEWALK
Any surface provided for the use of pedestrians.
STREET
All areas dedicated to public use for public street purposes
and shall include but not be limited to roadways, parkways, alleys
and sidewalks.
VILLAGE
The Village of Hempstead, New York.
Any telephone removed pursuant to this chapter
which is not claimed by the owner within 30 days of removal shall
be deemed abandoned. All abandoned public pay telephones may be sold
at public auction after having been advertised in the Village records
and the proceeds paid into the general fund, or such abandoned telephones
may be used or converted for use by the Village or its agencies. A
public pay telephone shall be released to the owner upon payment of
the costs of removal, repair and restoration work, and storage, any
fees for any administrative expense or expense of additional inspections
incurred by the Village as a result of the violation or, if any action
or proceeding for the violation is pending in a court or before any
other disciplinary board, upon posting of a bond and other form of
security acceptable to the Village in an amount which will secure
the payment of such costs and any fines or civil penalties which may
be imposed for the violation.