(a) No proposed site and no newsrack shall be placed, installed, used or maintained in the following locations:
(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, fire call box, police call box or other emergency facility;
(4) Within five (5’) feet of any driveway;
(5) Within five (5’) feet ahead of and fifteen (15’) feet to the rear of any sign or pavement marking for a designated bus stop measured parallel to the flow of traffic;
(6) Within five (5’) feet of any bus bench;
(7) At any location where the newsrack causes, creates, or constitutes a line of sight problem or a traffic hazard;
(8) At any location where the newsrack unreasonably obstructs or interferes with the pedestrian access to abutting property;
(9) Where the newsrack will endanger persons using the sidewalk or property;
(10) Where the newsrack will unreasonably interfere with or obstruct the safe flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic on the public right-of-way;
(11) At any location which creates less than a four (4’) foot wide path of travel as required by Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations and the Americans with Disabilities Act;
(12) Facing another newsrack when separated or divided only by the width of a sidewalk or pedestrian walk;
(13) On any access ramp or curb cut for disabled persons.
(b) All newsracks on sidewalks or walk ways adjacent to or paralleling a street shall be placed away from the street on the back (side furthest from the street) of the sidewalk parallel to a curb, or along the wall of a building, with the front of the newsrack facing the sidewalk and roadway. Newsracks shall be located in such a manner as is necessary to maintain a clear pedestrian path of travel of at least four (4’) feet wide. Newsracks placed parallel to the wall of a building shall be placed with the back not more than six (6”) inches from the wall.
(c) At any site where more than one newsrack is to be located and maintained, a grouping can be established for mounting all newsracks on a permanently fixed single, double or triple pedestal multi-unit mount of a type approved by the City and bolted to the pavement.
(d) If eight (8) or more newsracks are placed at a single site, they shall be grouped in groups of six (6) and each group shall be separated from the next group by at least forty-eight (48”) inches.
(§ 2, Ord. 1312-NS, eff. March 16, 1998)