862.01 Definitions.
862.02 Permit Required.
862.03 Application for Permit.
862.04 Conditions for Permit.
862.05 Standards for Maintenance and Installation.
862.06 Location and Placement of Newsrack.
862.07 Violations.
862.08 Appeals.
862.09 Revocation.
862.10 Mayor's Designated Representative.
862.11 Abandonment.
862.12 Existing Newsracks.
(A) "Distributor" means the person responsible for placing and maintaining a newsrack in a public right of way.
(B) "Parkway" means that area between the sidewalks and the curb of any street, and where there is no sidewalk, that area between the edge of the roadway and property line adjacent thereto. Parkway shall also include any area within a roadway which is not open to vehicular travel.
(C) "Roadway" means that portion of a street improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel.
(D) "Sidewalk" means any surface provided for the exclusive use of pedestrians.
(E) "Street" means all that area dedicated to public use for public street purposes and shall include, but not be limited to, roadways, parkways, alleys and sidewalks.
(Ord. 100-84. Passed 8-13-84.)
No person, firm or corporation shall erect, place, maintain or operate on any public street or sidewalk, or in any other public way or place in the City, any newsrack without first having obtained a permit from the License Clerk, specifying the exact location of such rack(s). One permit may be issued to include any number of newsracks and shall be signed by the applicant.
(Ord. 100-84. Passed 8-13-84.)
An application for such permit shall be made in writing to the License Clerk upon such form as shall be provided by him, and shall contain the name and address of the applicant, the proposed specific location of such newsrack and shall be signed by the applicant.
(Ord. 100-84. Passed 8-13-84.)
(A) As an express condition of the acceptance of such permit, the permittee thereby agrees to indemnify and save harmless the City, its officers, directors and employees against any loss or liability or damage, including expenses and costs for bodily or personal injury, and for property damage sustained by any person as a result of the installation, use or maintenance of a news rack within the City.
(B) Permits shall be issued for the installation of a news rack or news racks without prior inspection of the location, but such news rack or news racks and the installation, use or maintenance thereof shall be conditioned upon observance of the provisions of this chapter and such reasonable rules and regulations as may be established by the Mayor. Permits shall be issued within twenty-four hours after the application has been filed. An annual permit fee in the amount specified in Section 868.01 shall be charged.
(Ord. 100-84. Passed 8-13-84; Ord. 248-17. Passed 10-9-17.)
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