(A) The following regulations provide for the maximum safety of persons using sidewalks and streets, and for the maximum enjoyment of the use of property.
(1) Except in districts allowing the construction of buildings or structures to the property line, there shall be provided an unobstructed view across the triangle formed by joining points measured 20 feet along the property line from the intersection of two streets or 15 feet along both the street and alley line from the intersection of a street an alley. Within said triangle there shall be no sight obscuring or partly obscuring walls, fence, or foliage higher than 30 inches above grade, or in the case of trees, foliage lower than eight feet. Vertical measurement shall be made at the top of the curb on the street or alley adjacent to the nearest side of the triangle or if no curb exists, from the edge of the nearest traveled way. This provision does not apply to chain link fences, on which no obstructions are attached thereto.
(2) In any required front yard, except as provided in division (A)(1) above, no fence, wall, hedge, or yard ornament shall be permitted which materially impedes vision across such yard above the height of five feet. This does not include single ornamental bushes and shrubs.
(3) Trimming of trees required - city trimming at owner's expense. The occupant of any private premises or the owner of the same if not occupied, abutting on any public street, road, or alley within the town shall keep all trees standing upon such premises or between the same and the center of the adjoining street, road or alley so trimmed that no bough or branch thereof shall be lower than 12 feet above the surface of the street, road, or alley, or eight feet above the surface of any sidewalk thereon, and shall keep all such trees trimmed so that no trunk, limb, or branch thereof shall be in any way or at any time interfere with the movement of delivery, maintenance, garbage disposal, and emergency service vehicles, or come in contact with any street lighting, power, or other electrically charged wire when such wires are lawfully strung on posts located on any public street, road, or alley, or between the lot lines and curb of any street. Said occupants or owners shall remove all dead, diseased, or dangerous trees, or broken or decayed limbs, which constitute a menace to the safety of the public, and shall trim any tree or shrub which interferes with visibility of any traffic control device or signs; provided that upon the failure of any occupant or owner to trim such trees as in this section provided, the Director of Streets and Public Property of the town shall have the authority to remove them or cause them to be removed under his or her supervision, whether such trees be growing on privately owned property or on public property. The Director may cause the same to be trimmed and the expense charged to the occupant or owner of such property.
(B) The purpose here is to clarify certain conditions pertaining to the use of lots and access points:
(1) Dwellings on small lots. Where there are existing recorded lots which do not meet the minimum lot area requirement and are under separate ownership, single-family dwellings may be constructed as long as a side yard shall be not less than four feet and the arm of the side yards shall be not less than 12 feet, and as long as all other requirements, except lot size, are met.
(2) Principal uses without building. Where a permitted use of land involves no structures, such use, excluding agricultural uses, shall nonetheless comply with all yards and minimum lot area requirements applicable to the district in which located, as well as obtain any other license or permit applicable to that particular use.
(3) No dwelling shall be erected on a lot which does not abut on at least one street for at least 25 feet. A street shall form the direct and primary means of ingress and egress for all dwelling units. Alleys, where they exist, shall form only a secondary means of ingress and egress.
(Ord. 10.6, passed 3-17-2009; Ord. passed 1-8-2019)