(a) Prior to the installation, placement or use of a newspaper dispensing device, within the public right of way, the owner of such device shall file, on forms provided by the Director of Public Service and Development, a permit application with the Director containing the following information:
(1) The name, address and telephone number of the owner;
(2) The name, address and telephone number of the individual or other person to whom the City shall serve in person or by mail any notice or order required by this chapter;
(3) The location and dimensions of each newspaper dispensing device for which the permit application is being made, with sufficient detail to enable the Director to verify that the installation and placement of the newspaper dispensing device in accordance with the permit application shall meet the criteria regulations contained in Section 907.03
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(b) One application may be submitted to include any number of newspaper dispensing devices.
(c) The permit fee required by Section 907.04 shall be paid.
(d) Upon receipt of the information required by this section, payment of the required fees to the Director, and verification by the Director that the installation and placement of a newspaper dispensing device in accordance with the permit application shall meet the criteria regulations contained in Section 907.03, a permit shall be issued or renewed for each newspaper dispensing device. All permits shall be issued, renewed or denied within ten working days of the filing of the permit application. The permit shall indicate the location of the newspaper dispensing device for which the permit has been issued. Notice of a denial shall be served in person or by certified mail to the individual or other person identified in the permit application as required by subsection (a)(2) hereof.
(e) The owner shall promptly notify the Director in writing of any change in the information required by subsection (a) hereof. If the owner proposes to change the location of a newspaper dispensing device, a new permit application as required by subsection (a) hereof, together with a fee required by Section 907.04, shall be filed prior to the change in location.
(f) Every owner desiring to renew a newspaper dispensing device permit shall file a permit renewal application with the Director containing the information required by subsection (a) hereof. A permit application shall be filed no sooner than thirty days prior to the date of expiration of the existing permit. The fee required by Section 907.04 for each newspaper dispensing device shall accompany each permit renewal application.
(g) If the number of permit applications exceed the number of newspaper dispensing devices which may be placed adjacent to each other and which are otherwise permissible under Section 907.03, the Director shall determine which of the newspaper devices comply with such requirements based upon the order in which the permit applications were filed in accordance with this section.
(Ord. 87-37. Passed 12-7-87.)
(Ord. 87-37. Passed 12-7-87.)