(A) No person shall plant, erect, place, install, grow, keep, maintain, or store or allow the planting, erecting, placing, installing, growing, keeping, maintaining, or storing of any sign, fence, hedge, shrubbery, natural growth, or other thing which obstructs or tends to obstruct vehicular or pedestrian view at any street intersection, within any triangle bounded by the curb lines extended to the point of intersection thereof and by a base line intersecting each curb 60 feet from said point of intersection. Where no curb exists, the edge of the roadway shall be considered a curb within the meaning of this section.
(B) Division (A) above shall not apply to any:
(1) Permanent building;
(2) Public utility pole;
(3) Hedge or other plant or natural growth maintained at a height of less than 30 inches above sidewalk grade;
(4) Trees kept trimmed to a height of not less than eight feet above sidewalk grade;
(5) Official traffic-control device;
(6) Place where the contour of the ground is such that there can be no cross visibility in the triangle;
(7) Sign mounted nine feet or more above the ground, the supports of which do not constitute an obstruction;
(8) Fence, sign, or other object which does not extend beyond 30 inches above sidewalk grade;
(9) Fence when the ratio of the solid portion of the fence to the open portion does not exceed one to four per foot;
(10) Triangle where traffic is authorized to approach the intersection along only one of its sides;
(11) Triangle or part thereof which is located in a zone having other than an “R” designation under the zoning regulations; or
(12) Legally parked motor vehicle.
(C) No obstruction within the terms of this section shall be deemed to be excepted from the application of this section because of its being in existence at the time of the adoption hereof.
(D) Any obstruction within the terms of this section is hereby declared to be a public nuisance.
(E) Any public nuisance under this section shall be abated by the owner of the premises upon which such nuisance is located or which abuts that portion of the street where such nuisance is located. Abatement shall, except as to proceedings under division (G) below, be in compliance with notice from the City Manager, or a person designated by the City Manager, specifying the action required to abate the nuisance and stating the reasonable time within which abatement shall be accomplished. Notice shall be served in accordance with the provisions of § 36.02(A).
(F) If, at the expiration of the time limit in said notice, the owner has not complied with the requirements thereof, the City Manager, or a person designated by the City Manager, may cause the requirements of said notice to be carried out. The cost of such abatement shall be charged against the premises and the owner thereof in accordance with the provisions of § 33.21.
(G) The City Manager may abate any such public nuisance without giving notice if the public health or safety requires immediate action. Thereafter the cost of abating such nuisance shall be charged against the premises and the owner thereof in accordance with the provisions of § 33.21.
(Prior Code, § 94.08) (Ord. D-1342, passed 5-27-1980, effective 6-6-1980) Penalty, see § 94.999