HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 1475 ORDINANCE NO. 1475 NEW SERIES
AN ORDINANCE EMPOWERING T~E CITY MANAGER TO
ISSUE PERMITS AUTHORIZING THE PLACEMENT OF
PUBLIC TELEPHONES ON THE PUBLIC SIDEWALKS
OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD AND SETTING FORTH
THE TERMS OF SUCH LICENSES.
BE IT OBDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield
as follows:
SECTION 1.
It is in the public interest that public telephones be
placed on the public sidewalks of the City of Bakersfield at
locations to be designated as provided in Section 2 of this
ordinance. Such telephones will aid fire protection, the prevention
and detection of crime and the reporting of accidents and other
emergencies. Such telephones will not unreasonably interfere with
the rights of the public to use such sidewalks and will be con-
sistent with their dedication to the public.
SECTION 2.
The City Manager is authorized to issue permits from
time to time to the serving telephone company for the installation
and maintenance of public telephones on the public sidewalks of
the City of Bakersfield. The City Mmnager shall approve the number
and location of such public telephones so as to best serve the
public interest.
SECTION 3.
Permits issued pursuant to Section 2 of this ordinance
shall include the following provisions:
(a) The pe;-mittee shall maintain the public telephones
and any associated booths in Eood repair and safe and sightly con-
dition at permittee's expense and to the satisfaction of City
Manager.
(b) The permittee shall save the City of Bakersfield
harmless from any and all losses, claims or judgments for damages
to any person or property arising from the installation, mainte-
nance or presence of the public telephones.
(c) The permit shall be revocable on thirty (30) days
prior written notice to the permittee from the City Manager, in
which event the permittee shall at its own expense remove the
public telephone or telephones installed pursuant to the permit
and shall restore the sidewalk as nearly as practicable to its
condition prior to such installation.
(d) The permittee shall pay to the City of Bakersfield
an amount equal to fifteen per cent (15%) of the receipts in lawful
currency of The United States (exclusive of Federal conmmnications
excise taxes) from the coin receptacles of the public telephone(s)
installed pursuant to this permit. Payments shall be made to the
City not less frequently than annually.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance ~as
ssed and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a
~:gularmeeting thereof held on the 13th day of May, 1963, by
the following vote:
Council of the City of Bakersfield.
AP~VED this 13th day of May, 1963.
~f-0R of the City of Bakersfield.
2.
of osfing ®r nan es
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, /
County of Kern~ ss.
MARIAN S. IRVIN, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
That she is the duly appointed, acting and qualified City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield; and that
on ..... ..t...h..e...._l...4..t...h......d..a.y.....o...f.....M..a.~y.~ .................................. , 19~.~.... she posted on the Bulletin Board at
the City Hall, a full, true and correct copy of an ordinance passed by the Council of said City at a
meeting thereof duly held on ..... .~..h.8...~..~..~]~..~ty....O~..~.~ .................... ,19-6-..3-..., which ordinance
was numbered .............. .1...4..7...5.. ............ New Series, and entitled:
AN ORDINANCE EMPOWERING THE CITY MANAGER TO
ISSUE PERMITS AUTHORIZING THE PLACEMENT OF
PUBLIC TELEPHONES ON THE PUBLIC SIDEWALKS
OF T~-r~ CITY OF BAKERSFIELD AND SETTING FORTH
THE TEEMS OF SUCH LICENSES.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
._~.4...t...h...day of ............ .M..a.~r.,. ....................... ,19...6...3...
Not, a~ Puhl. le in and for rte County of ~l h~ ~ Callfornl&
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