(a) In order to preserve an area for sight distance, future road right of way or other traffic safety or improvement needs, this section establishes a corner cut-off setback area that is in addition to the setback line established by section 51.306. A corner cut-off set back area is established at the four corners formed where a general plan highway intersects with any other street, when the abutting property is zoned for commercial, manufacturing or multi-family use. The corner cut-off setback areas shall be determined by measuring 20 feet from the intersection of each of the street setback lines parallel to the intersecting streets and connecting the points by an imaginary line. If no street setback line has been established, the front yard zoning setback line established by the Zoning Ordinance for the zone in which the property is located shall apply. The triangle formed by the measured 20 foot portions of the street setback lines and the imaginary line shall be the corner cut-off area. The corner cut-off area established by this section is illustrated in Figure 51.307A below. ("row" in figure 51.307A means "right of way")
FIGURE 51.307A
(b) No person shall construct, erect or alter a structure, whether or not it requires a building permit, or change the use or occupancy of a building, as those terms are used in the County Building Code, in a corner cut-off area established pursuant to subsection (a) above.
(Added by Ord. No. 9974 (N.S.), effective 4-3-09)