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CITY OF NURTII OTMLS'1.? ORDINANCL NO. 92 - 72 By: COUNCILMAN NASHAR AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A NEW (ff"mt 908 OF 7HE CODIFIED ORDIlJANCE ENTIZZID, "MAII,BOXES WITfIIN PUBLIC STRFFTS", AM DBCLARING AN flERGHqCY. WI-?'?REAS, the Council of the City of North Olmsted deems it advisable to establish regulations for the installation of mailboxes within public streets. NOW, TfiEREREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED $Y 'IIHE COUNCIL OF 'IIHE CITY OF 1VORTH OLMSTED COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA, AND STATE OF OHIO: SECTION 1: That there is hereby established a new Chapter 908 of the Codified Ordinances entitled, "Mailboxes within Public Streets", which new Chapter shall read as follows: CHAPTER 908 - MAILBOXES WITHIN PUBLIC STREErS 908.01 PURPOSE AND POLICY No mailbox or newspaper delivery box (hereafter referred to as mailbox) will be allowed to exist on the City's rights-of-way if it interferes with the safety of the traveling public or the function, maintenance, or operation of the highway system. A mailbox installation that does not conform to the provisions of this Chapter is an unauthorized encroachment into the public rights-of-way of the City. The location and construction of mailboxes shall conform to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Postal Service including those found in Appendix "B" and Appendix "C", as well as to standards established by the City. City standards for the location and construction of mailboxes are available from the office of the City Engineer. A mailbox installation that conforms to the following criteria will be considered acceptable, unless in the judgment of the City Engineer, the installation interferes with the sa.fety of the traveling public or the function, ma.intenance, or operation of the highway system. 908.02 LOCATION (a) No mailbox will be permitted where access is obtained from the lanes of a freeway or where access is otherwise prohibited by law or regulation. (b) Mailboxes shall be located an the right-hand side of the roadway in the direction of the delivery route except on one-way streets where they may be placed on the left-hand side. 'Ihe bottom of the box shall be set at an elevation established by the U.S. Postal Service, usually between 3'6" and 4'0" above the roadway surface. 'Ihe roadside face of the box shall be offset fran the edge of the traveled way a minimtinn distance of the greater of the following: 8 feet (where no pa.ved shoulder exists), or the width of the all-weather shoulder present plus 12 to 16 inches.