§ 10-28-765 — Newsracks weighted for stability and safety

10-28-765 Newsracks weighted for stability and safety.

(a) Each newsrack shall be sufficiently weighted to provide stability and safety. Newsracks shall be maintained in orderly rows. Within the central business district, no newsrack shall be chained, tied or otherwise fastened to a tree, signpost, streetlight, telephone pole or other fixture on the public way. (b) Each newsrack shall be maintained undamaged and in good operating order at all times, and shall be kept free of graffiti and of litter and other debris. Newsracks shall be kept reasonably free of chipped, faded, peeling and cracked paint. (c) Each newsrack shall be plainly marked with the name, address and business telephone number of the distributor. (d) Not later than June 1 of each year, every distributor shall submit to the commissioner a list, in a form specified by the commissioner, of the locations of all of the distributor's newsracks that were situated on the public way as of May 1 of that year. (e) A newsrack that remains severely damaged and beyond repair or empty for a period of 30 days or more shall be considered abandoned and in violation of this article. (Added Coun. J. 4-1-98, p. 65351; Amend Coun. J. 9-1-04, p. 29942, § 1)