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Bayonne City Zoning Code

§ 35-4.29

Pay Telephones.

[Ord. No. O-95-12, § 33-4.29]
a. 
Pay telephones shall be permitted outside the confines of a building as a permitted structure.
b. 
Pay telephones which encroach upon a public right-of-way may be permitted provided such installation is in compliance with the following:
1. 
No pay telephone shall be permitted to rest upon, in or over any street or sidewalk when such installation, use or maintenance:
(a) 
Unreasonably interferes with or impedes the flow of pedestrians or vehicular traffic, including any legally parked or stopped vehicles; or
(b) 
Unreasonably interferes with the ingress or egress from any residence or place of business; or
(c) 
Interferes with the use of traffic signs or signals, hydrants or mailboxes permitted at or near the location.
2. 
In residential zones, no pay telephones which encroach on a public right-of-way shall be permitted on the same side of the street within 200 feet of each other.
3. 
In all other zones, no pay telephones which encroach on a public right-of-way shall be permitted on the same side of the street within 100 feet of each other.
4. 
Before receiving a permit for installation of a pay telephone which encroaches on a public right-of-way an applicant shall provide the City of Bayonne with a certificate of liability insurance naming the City of Bayonne as an additional insured in limits of at least $1,000,000 for each occurrence at no cost to the City of Bayonne. The Zoning Officer may require the removal of any pay telephone installed pursuant to this section for failure to maintain the required liability insurance hereunder.