Section 23-401. Definitions

Whenever used in this chapter:
    a.  "Commissioner"  shall  mean  the commissioner of the department of
  information technology  and  telecommunications,  or  of  any  successor
  agency.
    b.  "Department"  shall  mean the department of information technology
  and telecommunications, or any successor agency.
    c. "Owner" shall mean a natural person or business entity which  owns,
  leases,  or is otherwise responsible for the installation, operation and
  maintenance of a public pay telephone.
    d. "Permit" shall mean an authorization by the department to  install,
  operate and maintain one or more public pay telephones at a location on,
  over or under a street or other inalienable property of the city.
    e. "Public nuisance" shall mean the use of a public pay telephone on a
  regular  basis which the commissioner has reasonable cause to believe is
  in furtherance of unlawful activity.
    f. "Public pay  telephone"  shall  mean  a  telephone  and  associated
  equipment, from which calls can be paid for at the time they are made by
  a coin, credit card, prepaid debit card or in any other manner, which is
  available  for  use  by  the  public and provides access to the switched
  telephone network for the purpose of voice or data  communications.  The
  term "public pay telephone" shall include any pedestal or telephone bank
  supporting  one  or more such telephones, associated enclosures, signage
  and other associated equipment.
    g. "Street" shall have the meaning  ascribed  thereto  in  subdivision
  thirteen of section 1-112 of this code.