13.06.070 Newsrack placement.
Any shared structure in the Central Business District which rests, in whole or in part, upon or within public property or a public right-of-way, or which projects onto, into or over public property or a public right-of-way shall comply with the standards set forth in this section.
A. No person shall place, install, or maintain any shared structure which projects onto, into or over any part of a roadway or street, or which rests, wholly or in part, upon, along or over any portion of a roadway or street.
B. No person shall place, install, or maintain any shared structure which rests, in whole or in part, upon, in or over any public sidewalk or right-of-way, when such placement, installation, or maintenance endangers the safety of persons or property or when such site is used for public utilities, public transportation or other governmental use, or when such placement, installation or maintenance unreasonably interferes with or impedes the flow of pedestrian or vehicle traffic, including access for the disabled, bicycle access, the ingress into or egress from any residence, place of business or the use of poles, posts, traffic signs or signals, hydrants, postal service collection boxes or other objects permitted at or near said location.
C. No shared structure shall be placed, installed, used or maintained:
1. Within five feet of any marked crosswalk, or within fifteen feet of any unmarked crosswalk as measured from the curb return, or within five feet of any wheelchair curb ramp not in a marked crosswalk.
2. Within five feet of any fire hydrant, fire call box, police call box or other emergency facility.
3. Within five feet of any driveway.
4. Within five feet of any bus bench or shelter.
5. Within fifteen feet ahead of, and five feet to the rear of, any sign marking a designated bus stop, relative to the direction of bus travel. Shared structures placed seven feet from the curb, measured perpendicular to the roadway, are exempt from this limitation.
6. At any location where the clear space or sidewalk space for the passage of pedestrians is reduced to less than four feet.
7. In such a manner as to impede or interfere with the reasonable use of any building, the activity of any business or residence or the use of any commercial window display or sidewalk cafe.
(Ord. 2197 NCS §1 (part), 2004.)