§ 14.149 LICENSE REQUIRED.

   No person shall place, erect, install, service, stock or maintain any newspaper rack or courtesy bench which obstructs or intrudes upon, in whole or in part, any public right-of-way or public ground in the city without first obtaining a license pursuant to this Division B. One license may issue to include any number of newspaper racks . The term of the license is one year, subject to renewal upon such terms as set forth in § 14.10. Unlicensed newspaper racks or courtesy benches are subject to removal and impoundment. The owner of the unlicensed newspaper rack or courtesy bench , if the owner’s identity and address can be reasonably ascertained, shall be served by the city by regular mail with a notice of intent to impound stating that the newspaper rack or courtesy bench will be removed and impounded ten days after mailing of the notice unless a completed license application with the requisite indemnity bond or liability insurance has been filed with the city’s Licensing Section. Newspaper racks and courtesy benches may only be reclaimed upon payment of an impoundment fee as set forth in City Code Appendix A. Any impounded newspaper rack or courtesy bench that remains unclaimed ten days after its impoundment shall be considered abandoned property subject to destruction.

(1958 Code, § 151.01) (Ord. 182, passed 4-10-1959; Ord. 66-46, passed 8-1-1966; Ord. 94-47, passed 8-15-1994; recodified by Ord. 95-13, passed 8-7-1995; Ord. 2004-12, passed 4-5-2004; Ord. 2004-31, passed 7-6-2004; Ord. 2008-15, passed 5-5-2008; Ord. 2021-39, passed 11-29-2021)