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906.03. NEWSRACKS PROHIBITED. (a) No person shall install, use, or maintain any newsrack which projects onto, into, or which rests, wholly or in part, upon the roadway of any public street. (b) No person shall install, use, or maintain any newsrack, which in whole or in part rests upon, in, or over any public sidewalk or parkway: (1) when such installation, use, or maintenance endangers the safety or persons or property; (2) when such site or location is used for public utility purposes, public transportation purposes, or other governmental use; (3) when such newsrack unreasonably interferes with or impedes the flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic, including parked or stopped vehicles; the ingress in or egress from any residence or place of business; the use of poles, posts, traffic signs or signals, hydrants, mailboxes, or other objects permitted at or near said location; (4) when such newsrack interferes with the cleaning of any sidewalk by the use of mechanical sidewalk cleaning machinery; or (5) in any other manner inconsistent with or in violation of the provisions of this Ordinance. (c) No person shall install, use, or maintain any newsrack, which in whole or in part rests upon, in or over any required or established setback area of any commercial property. 906.04. PERMIT REQUIRED. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to erect, place, maintain or operate, on any public street or sidewalk, or in any other public way or place, in the City of North Olmsted, any newsrack without first having obtained a permit from the Director of Public Safety, specifying the exact location of such newsrack. One permit may be issued to include any number of newsracks, and shall be signed by the applicant. 906.05. APPLICATION FOR PERMIT. (a) Application for such permit shall be made, in writing, to the Director of Public Safety upon such form as shall be provided by him, and shall contain the name and address of the applicant, the proposed specific location of said newsrack, and shall be signed by the applicant. (b) From the above application information the Director of Public Safety shall approve the locations. He shall be guided therein solely by the standards and criteria set forth in this Ordinance. In any case where the Director of Public Safety disapproves of a particular location, such disapproval shall be without prejudice to the registrant designating a different location or locations.