Any news rack which, in whole or in part, rests upon, in or over any public 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 thickness.
(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 rack shall be placed or maintained on the sidewalk or parkway opposite a newsstand or another 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 placed next to each other; provided, however, no group of news racks shall extend more than eight feet along a curb or wall, and a space of no less than 18 inches shall separate each such group of news racks.
(E) News racks may be chained or otherwise attached to one another; provided, 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 news racks so attached.
(F) No news rack or group of attached news racks permitted by the provisions of division (E) of this section shall weigh, in the aggregate, in excess of 125 pounds when empty.
(G) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 100.153 of this subchapter, no news rack shall be placed, installed, used or maintained:
(1) Within five feet of any marked crosswalk;
(2) Within 15 feet of the curb return of any unmarked crosswalk;
(3) Within five feet of any fire hydrant, fire call box, police call box or other emergency facility;
(4) Within five feet of any driveway;
(5) Within five feet ahead of and 25 feet to the rear of any sign marking a designated bus stop;
(6) Within six feet of any bus bench;
(7) At any location whereby the clear space for the passageway 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, or in such manner as to impede or interfere with the reasonable use of such window for display purposes;
(9) Adjacent to any curb bearing the authorized designation for 20-minute parking and so established pursuant to the provisions of § 72.065 of this code; or
(10) Within 20 feet of any United States Postal Service mail drop box located adjacent to any curb and designed for the deposit of mail directly from a motor vehicle.
(H) No news rack shall be used for advertising signs or publicity purposes other than those dealing with the display, sale or purchase of the newspaper or news periodicals sold therein.
(I) Each news rack shall be maintained in a clean, neat and attractive condition and in good repair at all times.
(J) No news rack may remain empty in excess of one week, and material offered for sale shall be the current edition of the publication so offered.
('65 Code, § 5-25.05) (Ord. 159-C.S., passed - - ; Am. Ord. 222-C.S., passed - - ) Penalty, see § 10.99