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(a) Newsracks on Town-owned or publicly owned property shall be lawful only at the following designated locations:

(1) South Oak Street and San Juan Avenue – the southeast corner abutting The Camel’s Garden Building;

(2) Spruce Street Park – the private property line on the west side of the Spruce Street Park sidewalk at its intersection with the south side of the Colorado Avenue sidewalk;

(3) Pine Street and Colorado Avenue – the northwest corner abutting the Black Bear Condominium Building;

(4) Oak Street Park – the north side of Colorado Avenue;

(5) Davis Street and Pacific Avenue – the northwest corner of the intersection; and

(6) Colorado Avenue and Willow Street – the south side of Colorado Avenue in front of the United States Post Office Annex. This designated location shall terminate upon the discontinuance of the annex building and construction of a new United States Post Office, in which event the designated location shall be at the corner of Willow and Pacific adjacent to the new post office building.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing location designations, no newsrack shall be allowed in any location which the Town Manager determines, now or in the future, unsafely:

(1) Impedes or interferes with the reasonable use of a crosswalk, display window or building entrance;

(2) Impedes or interferes with the reasonable use of any bench, trash receptacle, bicycle rack, driveway, alley or bus stop;

(3) Interferes with the reasonable use of any fire hydrant, traffic control device or other emergency facility;

(4) Impairs or interferes with pedestrian traffic;

(5) Interferes with or impairs the vision of operators of vehicles at street intersections; or

(6) Reduces the clear, unimpeded sidewalk width to:

a. Ten (10) feet on sidewalks over twelve (12) feet in width; or

b. Less than four (4) feet on sidewalks under twelve (12) feet in width.

(c) So long as the provisions of this Article are complied with, the publisher or distributor may move its newsracks from one (1) designated location to another designated location.

(d) The Town Manager may establish, if deemed necessary, a nontransferable permitting process to ensure compliance with the provisions of this Article. (Prior code 12.06.030; Ord. 1288 §1, 2008)