November 3, 2020 Candidate Packet - Flipping Book Version

Chapter 10.36 OBSTRUCTION TO VISIBILITY AT INTERSECTIONS

Sections: 10.36.010 Visibility obstruction—prohibited. 10.36.020 Visibility obstruction—Exceptions. 10.36.030 Visibility obstruction—Investigation and enforcement. 10.36.040 Visibility obstruction—Declared public nuisance—Initiation of abatement proceedings. 10.36.050 Visibility obstruction—Removal by city—Costs—Liability. 10.36.010 Visibility obstruction—prohibited. On property at any corner formed by intersecting streets, it is 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 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 property lines twenty-five 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 such tangent twenty-five 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. (Ord. 504 N.S. § A (part), 1979) 10.36.020 Visibility obstruction—Exceptions. The provisions of Section 10.36.010 of this chapter 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 the ordinance codified in this chapter becomes effective; official warnings signs or signals; to places where the contour of the ground is such that there can be no cross-visibility at the intersection; to signs mounted ten feet or more above the ground and whose supports do not constitute an obstruction as defined in Section 10.36.010 of this chapter or at an intersection controlled by traffic signals or stop signs on all approaches to the intersection. (Ord. 504 N.S. § A (part), 1979) 10.36.030 Visibility obstruction—Investigation and enforcement. The enforcement of Sections 10.36.010 and 10.36.020 of this chapter shall be under the direction of the city transportation engineer. The city transportation engineer shall investigate reported violations of Sections 10.36.010 and 10.36.020 and shall perform such duties in connection with the enforcement of Sections 10.36.010 and 10.36.020 as may be required. (Ord. 504 N.S. § A (part), 1979)