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ORDINANCE 2022-07 3 similar materials, nor shall any person plow, shovel or blow or permit the plowing, shoveling or blowing of snow onto the traveled portion of any public street or alley. Violation of this provision shall constitute a petty misdemeanor. This provision shall not apply to any person who is in the process of constructing or maintaining a yard or drive provided that the materials are immediately removed from the street. Nothing in this section is intended to exempt any person from the requirement for permit under this Chapter. Section 7.Section §96.03 (Definitions) is hereby amended to read as follows: Bus/Transit Bench - A bench maintained on a publicly dedicated street or right-of-way for the convenience and comfort of persons waiting for buses or other vehicles. Section 8.Section §96.38 is hereby amended to add the following: Purpose. The purpose of this section is to regulate the placing and maintenance of bus/transit benches in public rights of ways in order to control location, appearance, proliferation and traffic safety. A) License Required: No bench may be placed or maintained in a public right of way without securing a License from the City Manager, or designee thereof, and the payment of an annual license fee as established in Section 33.061. B) Application: Applications for licenses shall be made to the City Manager. The application shall contain the following: (1) Scale drawing showing the size and location details of the bus/transit bench relative to all other objects on the property including the layout of applicable adjacent roadways, intersections, traffic signage, sidewalks, trails, utility poles, fences and other objects in the vicinity. (2) Written consent of the road authority, as defined in Minnesota State Statutes 160.02, if the City of Saint Anthony Village is not the road authority. (3) Detailed plans and specifications of the proposed bench including the general nature of the advertising matter, if any, to be posted thereon and total surface area intended as signage not to exceed 12 square feet using the front, or seating side surface only of the bench backrest. (4) General liability Certificate of Insurance from an insurance company rated “A” by A.M. Best Company and authorized to do business in the State of Minnesota, naming the City as additional insured in the minimum amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000) for any and all claims arising out of the use or existence of a bus/transit bench. The certificate shall provide for automatic notification of the City with a minimum thirty (30) days advanced notice in the event of cancellation. (5) An executed hold harmless agreement from the licensee, protecting the City from any and all claims arising out of the use, existence and potential removal of the bus/transit bench. C) Bus/Transit Stops: A bench shall only be placed at a bus/transit stop on an established bus route. D) Location: A bench shall be placed parallel to and no nearer than three (3) feet from the roadway curb or the edge of the roadway where no curb exists and shall not obstruct a