Chapter 12.20 — PUBLIC TELEPHONES

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 Burlingame. The city manager shall approve the number and location of such public telephones so as to best serve the public interest. Such permits shall include the following provisions:

(a) The permittee shall maintain the public telephones and any associated booths in good repair and safe and sightly condition at permittee's expense and to the satisfaction of city manager;

(b) The permittee shall save the city of Burlingame harmless from any and all losses, claims or judgments for damages to any person or property arising from the installation or maintenance of the public telephones;

(c) The permit shall be revocable on 30 days' prior 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. (Ord. 905 § 2, (1970))

The city engineer may require any person applying for a building or encroachment permit to provide such liability insurance, guarantees, endorsements, bonds or other security, as may be appropriate to the permit. (Ord. 1337 § 1, (1987))