§ 17.8.155 STANDARDS.

   Except in the Town Center zones, a clear vision area shall be maintained on the corners of all property adjacent to the intersection of two streets , a street and a railroad, or a driveway providing vehicular access to a public street , excluding alleys .

   A.   On corner lots , no vehicle, fence , wall, hedge or other planting or structure shall be parked, erected, planted, placed, located or maintained, except for occasional tree trunks or poles, so as to impede visibility within the greater of the two clear vision areas defined below (see Figure 8-5):

      1.   The triangular area formed by the curb lines along such lots and a straight line joining said curb lines at points which are 30 feet distant from the intersection of the curb lines and measured along such lines; or

      2.   The triangular area formed by the property lines of such lots and a straight line joining said property lines at points which are ten feet distant from the intersection of the property lines and measured along such lines.

   B.   A private access shall be treated as a public street for the purpose of this section. The edge of the paved surface area of the private access , be it roadway, curb or sidewalk, shall be treated as the curb line in determining the vision clearance area.

   C.   The vision clearance area for all commercial, industrial, institutional and multi-family uses shall be determined in the manner set forth in subsectionA.1. above.

   D.   The vision clearance area for single-family homes and duplexes shall be determined in the manner set forth in subsection A.2. above.

   E.   Any obstruction maintained in violation of this section shall be deemed in violation of the Development Code and shall be abated pursuant to § 17.1.400 enforcement procedures.

Figure 8-5: Clear Vision Area

(Ord. 2009-01, passed 3-9-2009; Ord. 2013-3, passed 5-22-2013)