Development proposed adjacent to any public or private street, in every district, shall be designed to provide a clear visibility area for pedestrian and traffic safety.
(a) A traffic safety visibility triangle area, which may include private property and/or public right-of- way, is a triangle area defined by measuring thirty (30) feet from the intersection of the extension of the front and side street curb lines (or the right-of-way lines where there is no curb) and connecting the lines across the property. See Figure 1111-J.
Figure 1111-J: Traffic intersection visibility triangle for intersecting streets.
(b) For intersections of streets and driveways, the traffic intersection visibility area shall be created by measuring twenty-five (25) feet from the edge of the driveway along the street and twenty (20) feet along the driveway, perpendicular from the street. See Figure 1111-K.
Figure 1111-K: Traffic intersection visibility triangle for driveway and street intersections.
(c) No structure, sign, or landscape element shall exceed thirty-six (36) inches in height, measured from the top of the curb, within the traffic safety visibility area, unless approved by the Zoning Administrator.
(d) An exception to this requirement shall be for existing trees where the canopy is trimmed to a minimum of eight feet above grade.
(e) This requirement shall not apply to lots in the VC District or lots with single-family or two- family dwellings but any driveways associated with such uses should be designed with sufficient visibility clearance to ensure safety for traffic and pedestrians. (Ord. 2023-16. Passed 6-5-23.)