§ 24-126. Obstruction of visibility prohibited; specifications.

It shall be unlawful for any person owning or leasing real property to install, set out, maintain or allow the installation of any object that obstructs the visibility of a street intersection within twenty-five (25) feet of the corners of such intersection. Such obstructions shall include, but not be limited to, signs and signposts, levies, hedges and hedgerows, shrubbery, trees and other natural vegetation, embankments, retaining walls, or any other obstruction to the view higher than thirty (30) inches above the level of the center of the adjacent and corresponding intersection within:

(1)

That triangular area formed by the intersection of the platted right-of-way of two (2) streets, with the third side of such triangle being described as a line connecting two (2) points located twenty-five (25) feet from the corner intersection of and along the respective right-of-way line of each side street; or

(2)

In subsection (1) of this section, such area within the triangle as shall encroach within the interior of the setback lines applicable to any lot or parcel of real property by and through the zoning laws of the city as set forth in this Code shall hereby be exempted from the application of this section; or

(3)

The foregoing subsections shall not apply to public utility poles, official traffic or public safety signs, advertising signs, the lowest portion of which shall be nine (9) feet or more above the level of the intersection and mounted on supporting column(s) less than twelve (12) inches in diameter, trees which are trimmed and free of branches to a minimum height of nine (9) feet above the level of the intersection, saplings or other vegetation not planted in hedge and which are so planted and trimmed so as to leave at all seasons a clear and unobstructed view of the intersection.

(Code 1967, § 34-106)