12.12.120 Vision clearance – Intersection requirements.
On each corner lot or two interior lots having a common side lot line, located within an interior angle not exceeding 135 degrees, formed by two converging street lines and such lot or lots being subject to front yard requirements, no obstruction, including earth obstruction, to vision between a height of three feet and 10 feet above every point along the outer edge of the paved surface of the roadway, or traveled portion of the roadway where no paving exists, may be erected, placed, planted, allowed to grow, or be maintained within that area of the lot or lots formed by the converging street lines and a straight line intersecting such street lines, drawn at a right angle to a line running midway or nearly midway between, and in the mean direction of, the converging street lines at a point three feet outside the buildable area of the lot or lots; provided, that said line shall not be less than 45 feet in length, except the following:
A. Single trees and shrubs pruned, arranged, and maintained in such a way as to prevent blind spots and provide reasonable unobstructed vision, throughout the area, for drivers of automobiles;
B. Wire fences of chain-link or similar open-mesh construction;
C. Pole signs, as otherwise permitted, provided the pole minimum support only is the only part of the structure visible within the height limits. (Ord. 973 § 1, 1966; prior code § 19.15.1).