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Chapter 22 ZONING*
Section 22-24 Intersection visibility and corner setback.
In all zones, except on corners where a traffic light is existing and operating twenty-four (24) hours daily, no construction, hedge, bushes or other obstruction to a clear view which extends over three (3) feet in height shall be permitted at any corner of intersecting streets where either or both of the streets are less than sixty (60) feet in width, within the area formed by the legs of a triangle where apex is a point of intersection of the centerline of the traveled roadways and the legs of which are three hundred (300) feet along the centerline of the thru street and thirty-three (33) feet along the centerline of the stop or minor street and the hypotenuse of which is the line connecting the end of the legs. Exceptions shall be made for utility poles, lighting standards, traffic and street signs and trees (on city property), the branches of which are kept trimmed to a height of eight (8) feet above the street level. Nonconforming buildings shall be excepted from this provision.
(Code 1958, 24-6.18)
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