The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Horizontal area shall mean the geometric area formed between the curb line, or the edge of pavement for streets without curb and gutter, and a line of sight extended from the horizontal location of the driver's eyes of the design vehicle as described in the town standard specifications and details manual.
Obstruction shall mean any structure, fence, signs, walls, shrub, bush, tree, flower, plant, cut slope, motor vehicle, or any other object that obscures, impairs or prevents view or sight through, over and across the sight distance area as herein defined.
Sight distance shall mean the length of roadway visible to the driver who is traveling along the roadway or waiting to enter or cross the roadway.
Sight triangle shall mean the horizontal area and the vertical area and shall exist at all street intersections and all driveways serving multifamily and nonresidential property.
Stopping sight distance shall mean the minimum distance required for a driver to stop a vehicle traveling along the roadway at the design speed before reaching a stationary object in its path based upon a wet pavement condition and the grade of the roadway.
Vertical area shall mean the area between three feet six inches and ten feet above the horizontal area measured from the elevation of the intersecting streets. However, along crest vertical curves, objects lower than three feet six inches may affect sight distance.
(Code 1976, § 14-37 (1--4); Code 1982, § 17-76; Ord. No. 93-06, § 1, 2-11-1993)