A. Any person owning or maintaining an existing newsrack on a city street shall obtain a permit for the existing location by filing a permit application and the yearly certification on or before August 15, 2012, for the period through October 31, 2012. No fee shall be required for a transitional filing. All transitional permittees shall have until October 31, 2012, to come into full compliance with this chapter.
B. If the number of transitional filings for a particular location exceed the number of newsracks allowed under section 7-17-13 of this chapter, the planning department shall first attempt to apportion the number of available locations through the use of a newsrack group, and if more newsracks remain to be accommodated, shall hold a lottery between the applicants for the available spaces.
C. Failure to make a transitional filing within the time allowed shall be deemed an intent by the owner of an existing newsrack to relinquish the right to maintain a newsrack at the existing location.
D. Any newsrack in a nonconforming location shall comply with all other terms of this chapter.
(Ord. 2012-41, 7-10-2012)