No planting shall be placed or maintained and no fence, building, wall or other structure shall be constructed in such a manner as to obstruct visibility between a height of two and a half feet and ten feet measured from the upper face of the nearest curb or pavement within any required sight triangle.
(A) Street and railroad intersections. Sight triangles shall be maintained at all street intersections and where streets intersect rail lines. These sight triangles shall be defined as a 10 x 40 foot triangle bounded on two sides by the edge of pavement or curb of the streets or railway and on the third side by a straight line connecting the endpoints of the other two sides.
(B) Driveways. Sight triangles shall be maintained where driveways intersect streets. These sight triangles shall be defined as a 10 x 10 foot triangle bounded on one side by the edge of pavement or curb of the street, one side by the edge of driveway, and on the third side by a straight line connecting the endpoints of the other two sides. In the event that a driveway crosses a sidewalk, then the edge of sidewalk furthest from the street shall be used as a side in place of edge of pavement or curb.
(C) Exceptions. Properties located in the CBD shall not be required to meet the sight distance requirements.
(Ord. 15-002, passed 2-24-15)