The selectboard of a town (or the Agency of Transportation in the case of State highways) may upon written application and after notice to adjacent landowners permit the construction, erection, and maintenance of public telephones, telephone booths, and appurtenances thereto within the limits of public highways, sidewalks, parks, and parking areas when consistent with the public interest under such reasonable rules, regulations, and arrangements as it may prescribe. (1961, No. 55, eff. April 4, 1961; amended 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 35.)