Explanation
Background: Section 903.01(b) of the Columbus City Codes, 1959, requires the consent of the Transportation Division Administrator before installing any structure that would occupy the City's right-of-way. The Transportation Division is a Division within the Public Service Department. The Transportation Division has recently received several requests from vendors seeking approval to install pay telephones within the City's right-of-way. Presently, no regulations have been issued by the Department of Public Service that specifically address the circumstances under which pay telephones would be authorized to be installed in the City's right-of-way. In the interests of public safety and to further responsible use of the City's rights-of-way, the Public Service Department finds it is necessary to study the potential impact of such structures upon such rights-of way and to provide objective standards by which such applications can be processed taking into account safety and aesthetic considerations.
The Department of Public Service is therefore requesting authorization to impose a 6 month moratorium on the consideration of applications for the installation of pay telephones in the right-of-way to avoid conflicts that will result from the City's lack of regulations pertaining to this issue. This legislation authorize the Director of the Public Service Department to impose such a moratorium and instructs the Public Service Director to research the safety, aesthetics, and other considerations that would affect the circumstances under which such devises would be authorized and also to promulgate regulations, as necessary, that will specifically address the installation, maintenance, and removal of pay telephones within the City's right-of-way.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Public Service Department to impose a six (6) month moratorium on the acceptance, consideration, or approval of applications seeking to install pay telephones in...
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