CHAPTER 10.56
SIGHT OBSTRUCTIONS
Section
10.56.010 Height of obstructions at corners of intersecting streets
10.56.020 Height of obstructions at alleys and driveways
10.56.040 Enforcement of provisions
10.56.050 Maintenance of obstructions - abatement
10.56.010 HEIGHT OF OBSTRUCTIONS AT CORNERS OF INTERSECTING STREETS.
It is unlawful for the owner or occupant of any corner lot or premises in the City to install, set out, maintain, permit, or allow the installation, setting out, maintenance, or existence of any sign, fence, hedge, shrubbery, tree, natural growth or other obstruction to a view higher than 42 inches (3 1/2 feet) above the adjacent street curb level between the curbline and the property line or within that triangular area of the private lot or premises between the property lines adjacent to the corner and a diagonal line joining points on the property lines twenty (20) feet from the point of their intersection, or in the case of rounded corners, the area circumscribed by the curve and a chord to the curve, said chord being a line drawn between the point of tangency at the beginning of the curve and the point of tangency at the end of the curve.
(Ord. 875, § 62, passed 8-25-2008)
10.56.020 HEIGHT OF OBSTRUCTIONS AT ALLEYS AND DRIVEWAYS.
It is unlawful for any owner or occupant of any premises of the City to install, set out, maintain, permit, or allow the installation, setting out, maintenance, or existence of any sign, fence, hedge, shrubbery, tree, natural growth, or other obstruction to a view higher than 42 inches (3 1/2 feet) above the adjacent street curb level between the curbline and the property line or within that triangular area of the private lot or premises between the property lines adjacent to the corner of a private or public alleyway or driveway and a diagonal line joining points on the property or driveway line five (5) feet from the point of their intersection.
(Ord. 875, § 63, passed 8-25-2008)
10.56.030 EXCEPTIONS.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to permanent buildings, public utility poles, official warning signs or signals, or to places where the contour of the ground is such that there can be no visibility at the intersection.
(Ord. 404, § 3, passed -- 1972)
10.56.040 ENFORCEMENT OF PROVISIONS.
The enforcement of the provisions of this chapter shall be under the direction of the Director of Public Works or City Engineer. The Director of Public Works or City Engineer may designate the representatives who may investigate violations of this chapter, give such notice as may be required to carry out the provisions of this section, and perform such other duties in connection with the enforcement of this chapter as may be imposed upon them by the Director of Public Works or City Engineer.
(Ord. 873, § 25, passed 8-25-2008)
10.56.050 MAINTENANCE OF OBSTRUCTIONS - ABATEMENT.
In addition to the remedy by prosecution for violation of this chapter, any obstruction maintained in violation of the provisions of this chapter is a nuisance, and upon failure to abate the same within twenty (20) days after the posting upon the premises of a notice to abate the nuisance, signed by the City Engineer or his or her authorized representative, the officer may enter upon the premises and remove or eliminate the obstruction. In that event, the cost to the City of the abatement of the nuisance shall be a personal obligation against the owner of the premises upon which the nuisance was maintained, recoverable by the City in an action before any court of competent jurisdiction.
(Ord. 404, § 5, passed -- 1972)