(a) No freestanding newsrack or multiple newsrack unit may be located in a manner that:
(1) impairs or interferes with:
(A) pedestrian traffic;
(B) the ability to fully open a door to any building;
(C) the loading or unloading of passengers from a bus or light rail vehicle; or
(D) emergency access to a building or property by the police department, the fire department, or emergency medical services;
(2) reduces the clear, unimpeded sidewalk width to less than:
(A) nine feet for sidewalks 14 feet or wider; or
(B) three-fourths of the sidewalk width (but in no case less than three feet) for sidewalks less than 14 feet wide;
(3) obstructs the visibility of a fire hydrant, fire department inlet connection, fire protection system control valve, fire call box, police call box, traffic control signal box, or other emergency facility so that the emergency facility cannot be clearly seen from a public street or roadway open to motor vehicular traffic; or
(4) is determined by the director to endanger the safety of persons or property.
(b) On each blockface, freestanding newsracks must be placed together in groups, with not more than eight newsracks in each group. A distance of at least 50 feet must separate each group of freestanding newsracks located on the same blockface.
(c) No more than eight newsracks (whether freestanding newsracks or newsrack spaces in multiple newsrack units) on any block may dispense the same publication, and no more than two newsracks (whether freestanding newsracks or newsrack spaces in multiple newsrack units) on any blockface may dispense the same publication. The same publication may not be dispensed in more than one newsrack space in a multiple newsrack unit or in an attached grouping of multiple newsrack units. Notwithstanding any provision of this subsection to the contrary, the same publication may be dispensed in a multiple newsrack unit in excess of the limits set forth in this subsection whenever the director:
(1) determines it is necessary to fill vacant newsrack spaces in a multiple newsrack unit;
(2) determines that there is a lack of demand for the vacant newsrack spaces by other publications; and
(3) conducts a lottery in accordance with Section 43-126.29(h)(2) to allocate the vacant newsrack spaces.
(d) A freestanding newsrack or a multiple newsrack unit may not be located within:
(1) any median or traffic island;
(2) a visibility triangle as defined in Section 51A-4.602(d)(2) of this code;
(3) the area contained within the projection of the width of a midblock crosswalk to the back of an adjacent sidewalk;
(4) the area contained within the projection of the width of a building’s doorway to the curb face or pavement edge of any public street or roadway open to motor vehicular traffic;
(5) two feet of a curb face or pavement edge of any public street or roadway open to motor vehicular traffic if the newsrack opens away from the curb face or pavement edge, except that if the curb face or pavement edge is adjacent to a designated no parking zone or area, then the newsrack may not be located within 1-1/2 feet of the curb face or pavement edge;
(6) three feet of:
(A) any mailbox, water feature, art, monument, planter, kiosk, trash receptacle, drinking fountain, streetscape bench, or parking meter;
(B) a fire hydrant, fire department inlet connection, fire protection system control valve, fire call box, police call box, traffic control signal box, or other emergency facility; or
(C) a bench, shelter, informational sign, or ticketing equipment of a light rail system;
(7) five feet of a curb face or pavement edge of any public street or roadway open to motor vehicular traffic if the newsrack opens towards the curb face or pavement edge;
(8) six feet of a bicycle rack;
(9) seven feet of a bus stop sign, bus stop bench, or bus stop shelter; or
(10) 15 feet of the centerline of rail of any light rail system track.
(e) A freestanding newsrack may not be located within a multiple newsrack unit zone or within 50 feet of a multiple newsrack unit zone. (Ord. Nos. 26809; 27201)