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Ordinance No. 2248 Page 6 of 9 b. Single-unit configuration. Any single newsrack of standard design commonly in trade use may be either movable or permanently affixed to the ground in the following circumstances: 1. Single-unit newsracks shall not be chained, bolted or otherwise attached to any property not owned by the owner of the newsrack without the consent of the owner of the property. Single-unit newsracks shall not be chained, bolted or otherwise attached to any tree, shrub or other plant nor situated upon any landscaped area. C. Permissible height and arrangement. The height of any newsrack shall be no greater than five feet measured from the ground to the top surface of the newsrack. The compartments of multiunit newsracks shall be placed in such a manner as to utilize no more than two horizontal rows of six compartments per row. 6.28.100 standards for newsrack placement. No newsrack shall be installed, used or maintained in any location upon public property, within rights-of-way, or within public easements adjacent to streets where such installation, use or maintenance endangers the safety of persons or property, or interferes with public utility, public transportation, or other government use, or unreasonably interferes with or impedes the flow of pedestrian, bicyclist, or vehicular traffic, the ingress into or egress from any residence, place of business, or any legally parked or stopped vehicle, or the use of traffic signs or signals, hydrants or mailboxes. Except as allowed pursuant to section 6.28.080, the following general standards shall apply: a. When a sidewalk is contiguous to a street curb, newsracks shall be placed on the side of the sidewalk away from the curb so that the back edge of the newsrack is not farther than six inches from the edge of the sidewalk. b. When a sidewalk is separated from a street by a planter strip, newsracks may be placed on either side of the sidewalk so that the back edge of the newsrack is no farther than six inches from the edge of the sidewalk; newsracks may not be placed adjacent to the curb. C. When a newsrack is placed adjacent to the wall of any building, the newsrack shall be placed with its long axis parallel to the building and with the back edge of the newsrack at least six inches away from the building. d. Clear space for pedestrian/bicycle passage shall be maintained as follows: 1. Sidewalks of more than eight feet in width, at least six feet clear space;