Courtesy benches shall conform to the following requirements:
(A) No bench shall be more than forty-two inches high, two feet six inches wide and seven feet long.
(B) No more than two benches may be maintained at any one location without a special finding of the Building Commissioner that the public convenience requires more than two benches at such location. Benches shall be located only along designated bus routes, or as specifically designated by the Building Commissioner, and shall not be maintained on private property. The permittee shall inspect each bench periodically and at least semimonthly, and submit a written report of such inspection to the Building Commissioner.
(C) No bench shall be maintained in any alley or at any location where the distance from the face of the curb to the property line is less than ten feet, unless the Commissioner, in his written approval of the application, finds that maintenance of a bench at such location is in the public interest. Each courtesy bench shall be installed parallel with the curb and set back approximately eighteen inches from the face of the curb, except as may be otherwise permitted by the Commissioner, and each bench shall conform with the requirements established by the Commissioner with respect to safety. Benches shall be kept at all times in a neat, clean and usable condition, and ice and snow shall be removed from the benches and the vicinity thereof in such manner that each bench is accessible at all times.
(D) The only form of advertising shall be commemorative plaques which may contain language requested by the sponsor of a particular bench, and may be displayed only on the rear surface of the back of the bench, and no Political, obscene, immoral or indecent advertising or any words which might mislead or distract pedestrian or vehicular traffic shall be permitted. Commemorative plaques shall be no larger than five inches by seven inches in size.
(Ord. 44-90. Passed 4-9-90.)