§ 15-9. Newsrack mounting standards.

The following standards shall be applicable to the mounting of newsracks in the City of Coral Springs:

(1)

Newsracks may be mounted to an existing concrete sidewalk subject to requirements of section 15-10.

(2)

The newsrack foundation(s) manufactured as a prefabricated reinforced concrete slab shall have a minimum three and one-half (3½) inch thickness, a minimum twenty-eight (28) day compressive strength of two thousand five hundred (2,500) pounds per square inch (p.s.i.) and meet the wind load requirements of the Broward County Edition of the South Florida Building Code.

(3)

The newsrack foundation(s) cast-in-place concrete slab shall have a minimum four (4) inch thickness, a minimum twenty-eight (28) day compressive strength of three thousand (3,000) pounds per square inch (p.s.i.) and meet the wind load requirements of the Broward County Edition of the South Florida Building Code.

(4)

Minimum three-eights ( 3/8 ) inch diameter bolts through the four (4) corners of the newsrack pedestal base with a minimum embedment into the concrete foundation of three (3) inches.

(5)

Two-inch minimum concrete edge distance for bolts.

(6)

One-half (½) inch chamfer on all concrete edges.

(Ord. No. 98-122, § 2, 4-6-99)