(a) No pay telephone shall be installed, located, or maintained on unimproved private property. Any existing pay telephone which is located or maintained on unimproved private property shall be removed within ninety (90) days after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any existing pay telephone which is the subject of a written contract authorizing its installation which was entered into prior to the enactment of the ordinance codified in this chapter and which contains provisions for termination shall be removed by the first date after enactment of the ordinance codified in this chapter on which permissive termination of the written contract by either party could take effect, if either party elected to terminate, or within ninety (90) days after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, whichever occurs later.
(b) Any telephone installed on improved private property the use or improvements of which are subsequently discontinued or abandoned for a period of ninety (90) days or more shall be removed or rendered inoperative at the end of said ninety (90) days.
(c) Any pay telephone which is installed, located, maintained, or operated in violation of this section is hereby declared to be a public nuisance.
(§ 1, Ord. 2615, eff. June 20, 1996)
New pay telephones on private property shall be located either within a building or where they may be seen from within a building or near well lit walkways and/or driveways. Outdoor pay telephones shall be located as close as possible to the building entrance. Outdoor pay telephones shall be lit to the satisfaction of the Police Department. No obstacles such as utility poles, trees or landscaping should obstruct a clear view of an outdoor pay telephone from the public street. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall an outdoor pay telephone be located closer than five (5) feet from any public right-of-way.
(§ 1, Ord. 2615, eff. June 20, 1996)
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