Applicant shall be required to design a safe traffic pattern
for his proposal. In order to achieve proper safe traffic flow, sight
triangles shall be required which will eliminate hazardous turning
movements.
Sight triangles shall be required at each quadrant of an intersection
of streets, and streets and driveways. The area within sight triangles
shall be either dedicated as part of the street right-of-way or maintained
as part of the lot adjoining the street and set aside on any subdivision
or site plan as a sight triangle easement. Within a sight triangle,
no grading, planting or structure shall be erected or maintained more
than 24 inches above the street center line or lower than eight feet
above the street center line except for street name signs and official
traffic regulation signs. Where any street involves earth banks or
vegetation, including trees, the developer shall trim vegetation and
trees as well as establish proper excavation and grading to provide
the sight triangle. The sight triangle is that area bounded by the
intersecting street center lines and a straight line connects sight
points located on each of these center lines. Where the intersecting
streets are of the same type, or a combination of types, two overlapping
sight triangles shall be required. These sight triangles are diagrammed
in the standard detail drawings. The classification of existing and
proposed streets shall be those shown on the adopted Master Plan or
as designated by the Planning Board at the time of the application
for approval or a new street not included on the Master Plan. A sight
triangle easement dedication shall be expressed on the plat as follows:
"Sight triangle easement subject to grading, planting and construction
restrictions as provided for in the Edgewater Park Land Development
Ordinance." Portions of a lot set aside for the sight triangle may
be calculated in determining the lot area and may be included in establishing
the minimum setbacks required by the zoning provisions.[1]
