Ord 2017-070/amending Chapter 74 of the San Marcos City Code by creating a new Article 7 for the purpose of regulating the placement and maintenance of newsracks on City sidewalks and Rights-of-Way

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j2) Interferes with public utility, public transportation, or other governmental use: or (3) Interferes with or impedes: a. Pedestrian or vehicular traffic. b. Entry or exit from a residence or business. c. Access to a legally parked or stopped vehicle. d. Use of a traffic sign or signal, emergency call box, transit shelter, bus stop, elevator, mailbox, or other public service; e. Access to use of a delivery area or loading zone. f. Access to or operation of a fire hydrant,fire department inlet connection, fire protection system control valve, fire call box, police call box, traffic control signal box, or other emergency facility. (b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a newsrack requiring a permit under this article shall be placed or maintained on any public right-of-way in compliance with the following standards: (1) Every newsrack shall be placed so as to open toward the sidewalk. (2) If multiple newsracks are permitted at the same location, all such newsracks must be placed together in a straight line and abutting adjoining newsracks; however, no group of newsracks shall extend for a distance of more than 10 feet; no group of newsracks shall be closer than four feet to another group of newsracks; and no group of newsracks shall contain more than one newsrack of the same publication. (3) No newsrack shall be chained or otherwise attached to another newsrack. Newsracks shall not be chained or otherwise attached to any parking meter,kiosk,trash receptacle, street light,utility pole or device, sign pole, stand pipe, transit shelter, bus bench, bus stop, or to any tree, shrub or other plant, or other structure other than the newsrack base. (4) No newsrack shall be placed,installed or maintained: a. Within three feet of any fire hydrant, emergency call box,or other emergency facility.