§ 12.08.060. Installation and newsrack standards.

A permit issued for the installation of any newsrack, in or over any public sidewalk or parkway, shall comply with the following installation standards:

A.

All newsracks shall comply with the American with Disabilities Act, and no newsrack shall exceed forty-eight (48) inches in height, including the base and exclusive of the coin mechanism, thirty (30) inches in width, or two (2) feet in thickness. The top of the coin mechanism shall not be more than six (6) inches above the top of the news rack.

B.

Newsracks shall conform to specifications approved by the director.

C.

Newsracks shall only be placed adjacent to a curb or adjacent to the wall of a building. Newsracks placed adjacent to the curb shall be placed no fewer than eighteen (18) inches and no more than twenty-four (24) inches from the edge of the curb. Newsracks placed adjacent to the wall of a building shall be placed parallel to such wall and not more than six (6) inches from the wall. No newsrack shall be placed or maintained on the sidewalk or parkway opposite a newsstand or another newsrack.

D.

Except as set forth herein, no newsrack shall be chained, bolted or otherwise attached to any property not owned by the owner of the newsrack, to any street furniture or to any other permanently fixed object. Each newsrack shall be installed on an approved newsrack base, shall be securely attached to the sidewalk with hardware and in a fashion approved by the director.

E.

Newsracks may be placed next to each other, provided that no more than three (3) newsracks, whether placed on single pedestal or a multiple pedestal mounts, shall be placed next to each other and a space of no fewer than three (3) feet shall separate each such group of three (3) newsracks unless an engineering study in a high density newsrack area concludes that a minor variance is consistent with the purposes of this chapter.

F.

Without limiting the provisions of Section 12.08.040, and except as explicitly indicated herein, no newsrack shall be placed, installed, used or maintained:

1.

Within five (5) feet of any marked crosswalk;

2.

Within fifteen (15) feet of the curb return of any unmarked crosswalk;

3.

Within five (5) feet of any fire hydrant, traffic signal controller, traffic signals, or other emergency facility;

4.

Within three (3) feet of any utility meter, manhole, service box, parking meter, street light pole or other utility;

5.

Within ten (10) feet of any driveway or alley approach;

6.

Within five (5) feet ahead of, and twenty-five (25) feet to the rear of any sign marking a designated bus stop;

7.

Within six (6) feet of any bus bench or bus shelter;

8.

At any location where the clear space for the passageway of pedestrians, other than between groups of newsracks, is reduced to fewer than five (5) feet;

9.

Within three (3) feet of any permitted sidewalk dining area or area improved with lawn, flowers, shrubs or trees or within three (3) feet of any display window of any building abutting the sidewalk or parkway or in such manner as to impede or interfere with the reasonable use of such window for display purposes unless an engineering study in a high density newsrack area concludes that a minor variance is consistent with the purposes of this chapter;

10.

Within the boundary of a valet parking zone or loading/unloading zone; and

11.

At any location where street furniture may not generally be installed because of potential harm to subterranean structures.

(Ord. 6869 § 2 (part), 2001)