(a) No mailbox shall be permitted where access is obtained from the lanes of a freeway or where access is otherwise prohibited by law or regulation.
(b) Mailboxes shall be located on the right-hand side of the roadway in the direction of the delivery route except on one-way streets where they may be placed on the left-hand side. The bottom of the box shall be set at an elevation established by the U.S. Postal Service, usually between three feet six inches and four feet above the roadway surface. The roadside face of the box shall be offset from the edge of the traveled way a minimum distance of the greater of the following: eight feet (where no paved shoulder exists), or the width of the all-weather shoulder present plus twelve to sixteen inches.
(c) Exceptions to the lateral placement criteria above shall exist on residential streets and certain designated rural roads where the City deems it in the public interest to permit lesser clearances or to require greater clearances. On curbed streets, the roadside face of the mailbox shall be set back from the face of the curb a distance between twelve and eighteen inches. On residential streets without curbs or all-weather shoulders and that carry low-traffic volumes operating at low speeds, the roadside face of a mailbox shall be offset between twelve and sixteen inches behind the edge of pavement.
(d) Where a mailbox is located at a driveway entrance, it shall be placed on the far side of the driveway in the direction of the delivery route.
(e) Where a mailbox is located at an intersecting road, it shall be located a minimum of fifty feet beyond the center of the intersecting road.
(Ord. 92-72. Passed 7-16-92.)