When a driveway intersects a public right-of-way or when the subject property abuts the intersection of public rights-of-way, all fences, walls, hedges, screens, structures, plantings or other landscaping within the site clearance triangle areas described below must permit unobstructed cross-visibility. Shrubs and groundcover located in a site clearance triangle may not be permitted to grow to a height of more than two and one-half (2½) feet above the grade at the edge of the pavement. Portions of required berms located within sight clearance triangle cannot exceed a height of two and one-half (2½) feet above the pavement grade at the edge of the pavement. Canopy trees may be maintained in this area provided that all branches are trimmed to maintain a clear vision for a vertical height of ten (10) feet above the roadway surface. Other landscaping, except turf grass or ground cover maintained at a height of two and one-half (2½) feet, cannot be located closer than three (3) feet from the edge of a driveway.
The site clearance triangles referred to above are:
(a) The area formed at the corner intersection of a public right-of-way and a driveway, two (2) sides of the triangle area being ten (10) feet in length measured along the right-of-way line and access drive line and the third side being a line connecting these two (2) sides. For the purpose of plantings located in the lawn extension/terrace, the site clearance triangle extends beyond the right-of-way line to the curb/edge of pavement at an angle perpendicular to both of those lines.
(b) The area formed at a corner intersection of two (2) public right-of-way lines, the two (2) sides of the triangular area being twenty (20) feet in length measured along the abutting public right-of-way lines and the third side being a line connecting these two (2) sides. For the purpose of plantings located in the lawn extension/terrace, the site clearance triangle extends beyond the right-of-way line to the curb/edge of pavement at an angle perpendicular to both of those lines.
Sight Clearance Triangle Figures
(Ord. 093-2020. Passed 7-6-20.)