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Janesville City Zoning Code

Sec. 42-354

Objects obstructing traffic or vision of traffic unlawful.

(a)

A vision triangle is all that land at a street intersection between the vision line and the street intersection. The vision line is determined by drawing a straight line from the curb or edge of pavement of one street to the curb or edge of pavement of the intersecting street, and such line shall run through two points, each such point being on the edge of the street right-of-way/property line and 25 feet back from the corner formed by the intersection of the two street right-of-way/property lines, as shown on the vision triangle ordinance diagram in Subsection (c) of this section. No bushes or shrubbery nor any opaque or semi-opaque object is permitted in the vision triangle if such bush, shrub or object is over 30 inches above curb grade, except trees trimmed to the trunk and at least to seven feet above sidewalk grade. Official traffic signs and signals and utility poles are exempt from this restriction.

(b)

At all intersections controlled by yield signs, stop signs, or traffic signals, only that portion of the vision triangle lying within the public street right-of-way shall apply.

(c)

All buildings existing within the vision triangle at the time of adoption of the ordinance codified in this section shall be exempt from the requirements of this article.

(Code 1976, § 18.32.020)