It is unlawful to install, set out or maintain or to allow the
installation, setting out or maintenance, on property at any corner
formed by intersecting streets or intersection elbows within the unincorporated
area of the County, of any sign, hedge, shrubbery, natural growth,
fence or other obstruction to the view, that does not comply with
"Section 4, Street Design" of the County Improvement Standards.
(Ord. 785 § 1, 1962; SCC 399 § 1, 1979; SCC 0777
§ 1, 1989; SCC 1453 § 8, 2010)
It is unlawful to set out, install or maintain, or to allow
the setting out, installation, or maintenance of any sign, hedge,
structure, natural growth, fence, or other obstruction to the view
that does not comply with "Section 4, Street Design" of the County
Improvement Standards.
(Ord. 785 § 2, 1962; Ord. 1045 § 1, 1969; SCC 399 § 2, 1979; SCC 1453
§ 8, 2010)
C. Trees
trimmed to the trunk so as to provide a clear open space between the
pavement grade and a plane seven feet higher. Pavement grade shall
be defined as either:
1. The
nearest pavement surface, or
2. The
nearest traveled roadway (where there is no pavement);
E. Fences
of a type that in no way obstruct vision;
F. Supporting
members of appurtenances to permanent buildings existing on October
31st, 1962;
G. Official
signs or signals;
H. Places
where the contour of the ground is such that there can be no cross
visibility at the intersection;
I. Signs mounted so as to provide a clear, open space (except for supporting members) of 10 feet or more above the ground and whose supports do not constitute an obstruction as defined in Section
12.12.030;
J. Fences
as may be required by the Federal Housing Administration or other
home mortgage lending agency within subdivision corner lots as defined
in Title 22, which have rear yards contiguous to a highway designated
by the Municipal Services Agency as a major highway with 100 feet
of right-of-way, or, designated by the Department as a major arterial
with 80 feet of right-of-way or a frontage road;
K. Any
passenger motor vehicle not to exceed six feet in height parked either
temporarily or on display for sale on property zoned other than residential
single-family, residential multiple-family or on other residential
property.
(Ord. 785 §§ 3, 4,
1962; Ord. 811 § 1, 1963; SCC 1453 § 8, 2010)
It is unlawful to set out, install or maintain, or to allow
the setting out, installation, or maintenance of any of the following
items on or along any sidewalk, pedestrian pathway, or street right-of-way:
basketball hoops; garbage or recycling cans placed on the street for
collection for a period greater than 72 hours in any one week; signs;
hedges; structures; natural growths; fences; or other obstructions
on any sidewalk, pedestrian pathway, or within the street right-of-way.
In addition, trees shall be maintained in such a manner that foliage
remains trimmed to a minimum height of seven feet above any pedestrian
walkway and fourteen and one-half (14.5) feet above any paved roadway
or shoulder area. Items placed in the street for pickup and removal
in connection with Neighborhood Cleanup Days are exempt from this
provision.
(Ord. 1441 § 2, 2009)
Any activity contrary to the provisions of this chapter is unlawful
and a public nuisance, and the Administrator of the Municipal Services
Agency, or his or her authorized representative is authorized to commence
in the name of the County actions or proceedings for the abatement
and removal and enjoining thereof in the manner provided by law, and
shall take such other steps and shall apply to such court or courts
as may have jurisdiction to grant such relief as will abate and remove
such operation and restrain and enjoin any person, firm or corporation
from so operating.
(SCC 1441 § 4, 2009)
No obstruction to crossvisibility shall be deemed to be excepted
from the application of this chapter because of its being in existence
at the time of the adoption hereof, unless expressly exempted by the
terms of Section 12.12.040.
(Ord. 785 § 7, 1962)