11.20.050 Limitations on Newsrack Placement.
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A. All newsracks in a public place shall align parallel with the curb.
B. No newsrack shall be chained, tied, or otherwise fasten or affixed to any publicly-owned fixture, including but not limited to trees, traffic control devices, signposts, utility poles, streetlights, or telephone poles.
C. Newsracks shall not be placed, installed, or maintained:
1. Within a street, traffic island, median, or traffic circle;
2. Within five (5) feet of any marked or unmarked crosswalk;
3. Within five (5) feet of a fire hydrant;
4. Where clear space for passageway of pedestrians is reduced to less than five (5) feet;
5. Where the newsrack or use of the newsrack may cause damage to lawn, flowers, shrubs, trees, or similar landscaping;
6. Within five (5) feet of any driveway, alley, truck loading zone, or curb cut;
7. Within twenty (20) feet of any ADA ramp;
8. On any grating or manhole cover;
9. Where the newsrack may cause damage to or interfere with the use of any pipes, vault areas, telephone or electrical cables and wires;
10. Where the newsrack may hinder ingress or egress to parked vehicles in marked parking stalls;
11. Where the newsrack is within a vision clearance triangle as defined by VMC 20.985.020;
12. Where the newsrack may obscure any regulatory sign;
13. Within twenty (20) feet of any area used for loading and unloading passengers at a C-TRAN, taxi, or passenger loading zone; or
14. Within sixty feet (60) of each side of multiple newsracks.
15. Within a Low Impact Development facility. (Ord. M-4179 §3, 2016; Ord. M-4026 §14, 2012; Ord. M-3929 §5, 2009)