(A) On property owned by the city, at any corner formed by intersecting streets, it shall be unlawful to install, set out or maintain or to allow the installation, setting out or maintenance of any sign, hedge, shrubbery, natural growth or other obstruction to the view, higher than three and one-half feet above the level of the center of the adjacent intersection, within that triangular area between the property line and a diagonal line joining points on the property lines 25 feet from the point of their intersection, or in the case of rounded corners, the triangular area between the tangents to the curve and a diagonal line joining points on the tangent 25 feet from the point of their intersection. The tangents referred to are those at the beginning and at the end of the curve at the corner.
(B) The provisions of division (A) shall not apply to permanent buildings, public utility poles, trees trimmed to the trunk to a line at least eight feet above the level of the intersection, saplings, or plant species of open growth habits and not planted in the form of a hedge, which are so planted and trimmed as to leave at all seasons a clear and unobstructed cross-view, supporting members of appurtenances to permanent buildings existing on the date this chapter becomes effective, official warning signs or signals, places where the contour of the ground is such that there can be no cross-visibility at the intersection; or to signs mounted ten feet or more above the ground and whose supports do not constitute an obstruction.
(`79 Code, § 14-82) (Ord. 02-1999, passed 2-23-99) Penalty, see § 10.99