Public coin-operated telephones, hereafter telephone, shall be permitted as accessory uses on lots classified in any of the C or I zones, provided any such telephone conforms to the following standards.
(A) Lighting. The area in which a telephone is located shall be fully lit to provide adequate security lighting, as approved by the Police Department.
(B) Maintenance responsibility. The owner and/or person entitled to occupancy of the lot upon which a telephone is located shall be responsible to ensure that the telephone is maintained at all times in good working order and condition.
(C) Maintenance and operation. Each telephone shall be maintained in an operative condition. Inoperative telephones shall be removed within 30 days after they become inoperative.
(D) Location related to public right-of-way. No telephone shall be located so that it projects into a public right-of-way or be located so that any person using the telephone is required to be in a public right-of-way.
(E) Maximum number of telephones. The maximum number of telephones permitted on any lot shall be limited as follows.
(1) On lots having a lot area of 15,000 square feet or less, two telephones.
(2) On lots having a lot area of more than 15,000 square feet, but less than ten acres, three telephones.
(3) On lots having a lot area of ten acres or more, four telephones.
(F) Signage. That one sign, not exceeding four square feet of sign face area, shall be permitted to be located upon each lot where a telephone is located, and the purpose of such a sign shall be to advise by words, letters or symbols the fact that a telephone is located on the premises.
(G) Location related to setback. Telephones and their supporting structures may not be located within any required setback, whether or not such setback is landscaped.
(H) Location related to entrances. The telephone shall be located a minimum of ten feet away from each entrance and/or exit to a building or commercial unit.
(I) Telephones within enclosed building. The limitations contained in divisions (A) through (H) of this section shall not apply to a telephone which is located within an enclosed building, if such building has at least 500 square feet of floor area.
(Ord. 1346, passed 5-2-12)