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Created: 2022-07-19 16:12:32 [EST] <br />(Supp. No. 20, Update 2) <br />Page 4 of 29 <br />Sec 18-3.Visibility Triangle—Street/Roadway Intersections. <br />Except for a governmental agency for the purposes of screening or noise attenuation, <br />visibility at corner lots where two or more streets/roadways intersect shall be <br />unobstructed between a height of three and one-half feet and eight feet above grade (as <br />measured along the elevation of the lowest abutting segment of street/roadway), within a <br />triangular area described as beginning at a point where the projected curb lines (or <br />projected road bed lines including any shoulder in the absence of curbing) intersect, <br />thence 30 feet along one street/roadway, thence diagonally to a point 30 feet from the <br />point of beginning along the other street/roadway. The exception to the regulations in <br />this subsection shall be where there are plantings and/or other features within the <br />visibility triangle that do not result in obstructions totaling more than three feet in width. <br />Nothing in this subsection authorizes the use of public right-of-way for installation of <br />fencing, walls, plantings, or other features. The regulations contained in this Section <br />shall not apply to conditions that legally existed prior to the effective date of this Chapter <br />unless the City, or the County or State transportation department, determines that such <br />conditions constitute a traffic safety hazard. <br />Sec. 18-4. Fires. <br />It is a misdemeanor for any person to build or maintain a fire upon a street or private road. <br />(Code 1984, § 6.07(2)) <br />Cross reference(s)—Fire prevention and protection, ch. 46. <br />7