§ 159.162 TRAFFIC CONTROL.
   (A)   (1)   The traffic generated by any use shall be controlled so as to prevent:
         (a)   Congestion of the public streets;
         (b)   Traffic hazards; and
         (c)   Excessive traffic through residential areas, particularly truck traffic.
      (2)   Internal traffic shall be so regulated as to ensure its safe and orderly flow. Traffic into and out of business and industrial areas shall in all cases be forward moving with no backing into streets.
(Prior Code, Ch. 300 § 714.01)
   (B)   On any corner lot, nothing shall be placed or allowed to grow in such manner as to impede vision between a height of 2-1/2 and 10 feet above the centerline grades of the intersecting streets within 15 feet of the intersecting street right-of-way lines. This restriction shall also apply to the planting of crops and to yard grades that result in elevations that impede vision within 15 feet of any intersecting street right-of-way lines.
(Prior Code, Ch. 300 § 714.02)
   (C)   Obstruction of right-of-way.
      (1)   The city's Street Commissioner is authorized and directed to secure the removal of any object placed within the dedicated right-of-way of any street in the city, which obstructs or interferes or reasonably tends to obstruct and interfere with street maintenance, snow removal, ditch maintenance or construction, and/or any object or article which creates an unreasonable risk of personal injury or property damage to travelers on the city's streets or the residents of the city.
      (2)   In the case of violations:
         (a)   The Street Commissioner shall notify, in writing, the affected property owner where the objection is located and request immediate removal of the object by the property owner.
         (b)   If the property owner fails or refuses to remove the object within 30 days of notice and if the obstruction presents and immediate and unreasonable risk to the public safety, the Street Commissioner shall direct the city representative to enter upon the dedicated right-of-way and remove the obstruction immediately.
         (c)   Whenever the city representative is required to remove objects from the dedicated right-of-way, the City Clerk shall bill the affected property owner for reasonable cost and expense of the removal.
(Prior Code, Ch. 300 § 714.03)