(A) No person except the city manager shall place or replace in the city any bus bench. For purposes of this article, a “bus bench” is a seat along any street for the accommodation of passers-by or persons awaiting transportation.
(B) Any person who owns one or more bus benches placed as of the effective date of this article shall remove all such benches.
(1) Bus benches that are not on the list of bus benches as to which the city license collector has issued a current business license for outdoor advertising on bus benches shall be removed immediately.
(2) Bus benches that are on the list of bus benches as to which the city license collector has issued a current business license for outdoor advertising on bus benches and that do not contain advertising that the bus bench owner is being paid to display shall be removed no later than March 30, 1997.
(3) Bus benches that are on the list of bus benches as to which the city license collector has issued a current business license for outdoor advertising on bus benches and that contain advertising that the bus bench owner is being paid to display, shall be removed no later than March 30, 1998.
(4) Bus benches that are on the list of bus benches as to which the city license collector issued a business license for outdoor advertising on bus benches for the period from July 1, 1994, through June 30, 1995, or any part thereof, shall be removed immediately when the license, or any renewal thereof, expires and is not renewed beginning on July 1 next succeeding the date of expiration.
(`64 Code, Sec. 3-47) (Ord. No. 2361)