Any news rack which in whole or in part rests upon, in or over any sidewalk or parkway, shall comply with the following standards:
(A) No news rack shall exceed five feet in height, 30 inches in width, or two feet in depth.
(B) News racks shall only be placed near a curb or adjacent to the wall of a building. News racks placed near the curb shall be placed no less than 18 inches nor more than 24 inches from the edge of the curb. News racks placed adjacent to the wall of a building shall be placed parallel to such wall and not more than six inches from the wall. No news racks shall be placed or maintained on a sidewalk or parkway opposite a news stand or other news rack.
(C) No news rack shall be chained, bolted or otherwise attached to any property not owned by the owner of the news rack or to any permanently fixed object.
(D) News racks may be chained or otherwise attached to one another; however, no more than three news racks may be joined together in this manner, and a space of no less than 18 inches shall separate each group of three racks so attached.
(E) No news rack, or group of attached news racks allowed under division (D) hereof, shall weigh, in the aggregate, in excess of 125 pounds when empty.
(F) No news rack shall be placed, installed, used or maintained:
(1) Within three feet of any marked crosswalk.
(2) Within 15 feet of the curb return of any unmarked crosswalk.
(3) Within three feet of any fire hydrant, fire call box, police call box or other emergency facility.
(4) Within three feet of any driveway.
(5) Within three feet ahead of, and 15 feet to the rear of any sign marking a designated bus stop.
(6) Within three feet of any bus bench.
(7) At any location whereby the clear space for the passage way of pedestrians is reduced to less than six feet.
(8) Within three feet of any area improved with lawn, flowers, shrubs or trees or within three feet of any display window of any building abutting the sidewalk or parkway in such manner as to impede or interfere with the reasonable use of such window for display purposes.
(G) No news rack shall be used for advertising signs or publicity purposes other than that dealing with the display, sale, or purchase of the newspaper or news periodically sold therein.
(H) Each news rack shall be maintained in a clean and neat condition and in good repair at all times.
(`67 Code, § 3-12-3)