NAC408.543. Requirements for mailboxes or delivery boxes; occupancy permit not required.

     1. An occupancy permit is not required for any mailbox or delivery box for newspapers installed and maintained pursuant to the provisions of this section and NAC 408.547.

     2. A person shall not install a mailbox or delivery box for newspapers:

     (a) Within a right-of-way of a highway if it interferes with the safety of the traveling public or the maintenance or operation of the highway.

     (b) If access to the mailbox or delivery box for newspapers is obtained from the lanes of a freeway or is otherwise prohibited by law or regulation.

     3. Except on one-way streets, each mailbox or delivery box for newspapers must be located on the right-hand side of the roadway in the direction of the delivery route.

     4. The bottom of the mailbox must be set at a height established by the United States Postal Service.

     5. Except as otherwise provided in NAC 408.547, the roadside face of the mailbox must be set from the edge of the traveled way at least:

     (a) Eight feet (2.4 meters), if no paved shoulder exists;

     (b) The width of the all-weather shoulder plus not less than 8 inches (200 millimeters) or more than 12 inches (300 millimeters); or

     (c) The width of an all-weather turnout specified by the Department, plus not less than 8 inches (200 millimeters) or more than 12 inches (300 millimeters),

Ê whichever is greatest.

     (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Transportation, eff. 1-6-95; A by R135-98, 10-3-2000)