20.50.910 VC-01 – Vision clearance standards.
This vision clearance standards (VC) section applies to the following zoning districts:
CO PR A1 A2 A3 A4 R1 R2 VR M1 M2 MP IS LB GC HC CP I1 I2 HI
The following standards shall apply:
A. Vision Clearance Triangle. A vision clearance triangle shall be maintained at every intersection of two (2) or more streets and intersection of a street and driveway.
1. Horizontal Area. The vision clearance triangle leg lengths shall be twenty-five (25) feet as measured from the edge of pavement (see “A” in the following illustration). The vision clearance triangle leg along arterial streets shall be fifty (50) feet. Under no circumstance shall a property owner have to establish vision clearance on an adjacent property.
2. Vertical Area. No primary structures, accessory structures, landscaping, fences or walls, or signs are allowed to be placed or to project into the vision clearance triangle between the heights of two and one-half (2½) feet and nine (9) feet above the crown of the adjacent street.
3. Exceptions. Public signs and utility poles shall be exempt from the vision clearance standards.
[Ord. 12-27-11 § 5.91.]