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Page 6 of 9 <br />1. Single-unit newsracks shall not be chained, bolted or otherwise <br />attached to any property not owned by the owner of the newsrack <br />without the consent of the owner of the property. Single-unit <br />newsracks shall not be chained, bolted or otherwise attached to any <br />tree, shrub or other plant nor situated upon any landscaped area. <br /> c. Permissible height and arrangement. The height of any newsrack shall be <br />no greater than five feet measured from the ground to the top surface of the newsrack. <br />The compartments of multiunit newsracks shall be placed in such a manner as to utilize <br />no more than two horizontal rows of six compartments per row. <br />6.28.100 standards for newsrack placement. <br /> No newsrack shall be installed, used or maintained in any location upon public <br />property, within rights-of-way, or within public easements adjacent to streets where <br />such installation, use or maintenance endangers the safety of persons or property, or <br />interferes with public utility, public transportation, or other government use, or <br />unreasonably interferes with or impedes the flow of pedestrian, bicyclist, or vehicular <br />traffic, the ingress into or egress from any residence, place of business, or any legally <br />parked or stopped vehicle, or the use of traffic signs or signals, hydrants or mailboxes. <br />Except as allowed pursuant to section 6.28.080, the following general standards shall <br />apply: <br /> a. When a sidewalk is contiguous to a street curb, newsracks shall be placed <br />on the side of the sidewalk away from the curb so that the back edge of the newsrack is <br />not farther than six inches from the edge of the sidewalk. <br /> b. When a sidewalk is separated from a street by a planter strip, newsracks <br />may be placed on either side of the sidewalk so that the back edge of the newsrack is <br />no farther than six inches from the edge of the sidewalk; newsracks may not be placed <br />adjacent to the curb. <br /> c. When a newsrack is placed adjacent to the wall of any building, the <br />newsrack shall be placed with its long axis parallel to the building and with the back <br />edge of the newsrack at least six inches away from the building. <br /> d. Clear space for pedestrian/bicycle passage shall be maintained as follows: <br /> 1. Sidewalks of more than eight feet in width, at least six feet clear <br />space; <br /> 2. Bicycle-pedestrian paths, at least eight feet clear space; <br /> 3. Sidewalks of less than eight feet in width, at least three feet clear <br />space. <br />Page 11 of 371