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1207.08: OTHER FRANCHISES: Transit stop shelters with advertising displayed thereon shall only be allowed to occupy or use a right-of-way of any street or highway within the City ofRoseville with and under the terms of a franchise as granted to a particular :anchisee. This shall apply to shelters constructed by the Metropolitan Council Transit Operations (MCTO) only if the Council specifically determined to make this ordinance applicable to the MCTO. The City may grant franchises to multiple persons during the term of this franchise, subject to the provisions of this ordinance regarding number and placements of such shelters, and locations as identified in the ordinance granting the franchise. 1207.09: NOTICES: All notices from the franchisee to the City as required by this franchise ordinance shall be to the Director of the Department of Public Works unless otherwise stated herein. The franchisee shall maintain throughout the term of the franchise a local office and address for service of notices by mail. The fi'anchisee shall also maintain with the City a local office and telephone number for the conduct of matters related to this franchise open during normal transit hours. 1207.10: BASIC SERVICE, INSTALLATION SCHEDULE & DESIGN: Franchisees shall furnish, install, repair and maintain safe, clean and attractive illuminated transit shelters with revenue generating advertisements. In connection therewith, franchisees shall provide all materials, supplies, equipment, services and personnel at their sole cost and expense without any cost or expense to the City. All transit shelters shall: (i) be installed within one hundred eighty (180) days of the City's issuance of the applicable pennits and licenses, (ii) be erected in order of panel advertisement sales, (iii) contain inside lighting to illuminate the inner area of each shelter from dusk to dawn; and (iv) be equipped with a minimum of one bench and one trash receptacle to be emptied on a regular basis by the franchisee. The design of the transit shelters and site plan with nprovements therein shall be submitted to and approved by the Public Works Director The maximum size of a shelter shall be ten feet (10') in height, fourteen feet (14') in length, and five feet (5') in width erected upon a concrete pad of maximum size fifteen feet (15') in length and six feet (6') in width. The length of a shelter shall be determined by the Public Works Director and shall be dependent upon the number of buses or vehicles and users that frequent the bus stop. The franchisee shall meet all local, state and federal requirements applicable to bus shelters, their placement, and their use for public transit services. 1207.11: MAINTENANCE: Franchisees shall maintain all shelters to the reasonable satisfaction of the Director of Public Works as set out below. The transit shelters shall be maintained a minimum of twice weekly with such maintenance to include sweeping, cleaning, emptying trash receptacles, picking-up litter/debris about the shelter, removing graffiti/stickers, removal of ice and snow from sidewalks constructed by the Franchisee leading to public sidewalks in a manner such that each shelter shall be fully accessible within 12 hours of a snow fall or other weather event. Franchisees shall power-wash the shelters and sidewalks at least once each month, weather permitting. Franchisees shall inspect each shelter at least twice weekly for any damaged or broken parts or bumed-out lighting fixtures and franchisees shall repair or replace damaged or broken parts and bumed-out lighting fixtures within forty-eight (48) hours after they become aware of the damage, breakage, or bum-out, or at the time of weekly maintenance, whichever is sooner. 1207.12: ADVERTISING: Bach transit shelter installed by franchisees shall contain panels for advertising displays as specified in the ;anchisee's proposal and ordinance granting the particular franchise. Such displays shall be used solely for advertising materials and/or public service announcements. Franchisees shall use their best reasonable efforts to obtain revenue-generating advertisements for the advertising display panels, except where the City has the right to