To ensure that landscape materials do not constitute a driving and pedestrian hazard, a "sight triangle" will be observed at all street intersections or intersections of driveways with streets. Within the sight triangle, no landscape material, wall, or other obstruction shall be permitted between the height of two feet and eight feet above the street or driveway elevation. The sight triangle shall consist of the following; or other dimensions having a similar effect when intersections are not 90°. Driveways to single family and two-family residences are exempt.
(A) Intersecting streets shall have a sight triangle with two sides being 15 feet along the abutting rights-of-way lines, measured from their point of intersection, and the third side being a line connecting the ends of the other two lines.
(B) A street intersecting a railroad track shall have a sight triangle with two sides being 25 feet along the abutting rights-of-way lines, measured from their point of intersection, and the third side being a line connecting the other two lines.
(C) A street intersecting a driveway shall have a sight triangle with one side being 15 feet along the right-of-way, one side being ten feet along the abutting driveway edge, and the third side being a line connecting the other two sides.
(D) The B-3 Business/Downtown district shall be exempt from these site distance requirements because of the large scale dense development, low traffic speeds, and adequate traffic controls.
(Ord. 101-1986, passed 10-7-86) Penalty, see § 157.999