Sight triangles - Sight triangles shall be required at each quadrant
of an intersection of streets, and streets and other residential 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 thirty (30) inches
above the street centerline or lower than eight (8) feet above the
street centerline except for street name signs and official traffic
regulation signs. Where any street or driveway intersection involves
earth banks or vegetation, including trees, the developer shall trim
such vegetation and trees as well as establish proper excavation and
grading to provide clear sight lines within the sight triangle. All
vegetation within a sight triangle shall be the maintenance responsibility
of the property owner and not the Township and shall be noted in any
easement to the Township, if applicable.
The sight triangle is that area bounded by the intersecting
street lines and a straight line which connects "sight" points located
on each of the two (2) intersecting street lines the following distances
away from the intersection street lines: Such sight triangle areas
at all such intersections shall be as established or defined in accordance
with the provisions of the A Policy of Geometric Design of Highways,
published by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation
Officials, latest version.
Any proposed development requiring subdivision or site plan
approval shall provide sight triangle easements at each street intersection
and driveways, other than residential as classified in the below paragraph
for purposes of establishing distances. In cases where a residential
driveway intersects a street, as part of a minor subdivision and/or
variance approval, shall be exempt from this paragraph. In the case
of a site plan where actual location of driveways may not yet be established
at the time of site plan approval, the Deed of Easement for the lot(s)
involved in the said site plan shall contain the requirement for the
establishment and maintenance of the sight triangle at the driveway
intersection as required by this paragraph.
Sight triangle easements on County roads and/or affecting County
roads (in the case of County road intersecting with a local street)
shall be submitted to the County of Cumberland for approval and acceptance.
Sight triangle easements shall be required for any subdivision
or site plan approval and such easement dedication shall be expressed
on the plat or plan as follows: "Sight Triangle Easement dedicated
for purposes provided for and expressed in the Land Development Regulations
of the Township of Maurice River." In the case of minor subdivision
approval and final recording by Deed and/or site plan approval, a
separate Deed of Easement for Site Triangle shall be prepared by the
applicant. All municipal sight triangle easements dedications shall
be in a form acceptable to the Planning/Zoning Board solicitor and
final form shall be subject to final approval of said subdivision
and/or site plan. All final form of sight triangle easements shall
be recorded in the office of the County Clerk prior to the Chairman
of the Land Use Board affixing his/her signatures to the applicable
plan.
The classification of existing and proposed streets shall be
those as defined in the adopted Master Plan or as designated by the
Land Use Board at the time of the application for approval for a new
street, not included in the Master Plan. 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 Schedule of District Regulations.