(A) Courtesy benches. The Mayor may permit the installation of courtesy benches at convenient locations along city streets or ways on city property where the installation will not inconvenience the movement of vehicular or foot traffic. In granting the permit for such purposes the Mayor may impose reasonable requirements for the construction, installation, maintenance, use and removal of such benches including the following:
(1) That the benches be built according to standards of safety and according to plans first submitted to and approved by the Department of Public Works and the Transit Department.
(2) That the permittee undertake to maintain the benches so installed for a reasonable period of time to be specified in the permit.
(3) That the permittee be required to provide indemnification to the city, its officers, agents and employees or insurance in which the city is named insured to protect the city and its Councillors, officers, agents and employees against liability arising out of the construction, maintenance and use of such courtesy benches.
(4) Permits may allow the use of the benches and related shelter structures, if any, for restrained public advertising limited solely to informing the public that it is a city bus stop.
(5) Ownership of the installations on terms specified in the permit shall be provided.
('74 Code, § 5-1-3) (Ord. 13-1966; Am. Ord. 39-1991)
(B) Transit benches and transit shelters. The Mayor may provide for or contract for the installation of transit benches and transit shelters along city streets or city right-of-way. The Mayor may also provide for or contract for advertising services on transit shelters. Any contract for advertising services on transit shelters shall be for a maximum term of five years with an option to renew the contract for a second term of five years upon the determination of the city that the services were satisfactory and upon a determination of the City Council that the policy of allowing advertising on transit shelters should be continued. No non-public advertising will be allowed on transit benches. Any contract for installation of transit benches and transit shelters shall require that they be built according to standards of safety and that the plans be submitted to and approved by the City Transit Department and the City Design Review Committee of the Public Works Department. The Mayor shall require that any contract provide that effective either upon the installation of the improvement or upon the expiration of the contract the city shall be the owner of the improvement and shall be entitled to receive a bill of sale to the improvement.
(C) Other uses. The Mayor may authorize the temporary incidental use of city lands for the foregoing and for other purposes where he finds the proposed use will not conflict with the principal purposes for which the lands were acquired and will be useful to a substantial segment of the general public. All such permits shall be temporary in nature, contain provisions for prohibiting discrimination in the use of such facilities based upon race, color, creed, or national origin, shall include reasonable charges imposed by the Mayor for the purpose of protecting the public health and safety by assuring the condition of the premises, and shall contain provisions for the termination of the same on notice by the Mayor within a reasonable time. Charges for the permits shall be determined by the Mayor on the basis of administrative costs involved and reasonable value to the permittee and he shall report at regular intervals to the City Council by appropriate summary the licenses or permits issued during the preceding interval indicating the name of the person to whom issued and the nature of the permit, and the consideration received. ('74 Code, § 5-1-4) (Ord. 13-1966; Am. Ord. 41-2001)