17.54.080 Clear Vision Area | McMinnville Municipal Code

17.54.080 Clear Vision Area.

A. Clear Vision Area Requirement. A clear vision area shall be maintained on the corners of all properties at the intersection of two streets, a street and an alley, or a street and a railroad. Clear vision area requirements shall also apply to the first 10 feet of commercial and industrial access driveways when the driveway intersects with a street or alley. A clear vision area shall contain no planting, fence, wall, structure or temporary or permanent obstruction exceeding three feet in height, measured from the top of the curb or, where no curb exists, from three and one-half (3.5) feet above the edge of the pavement, or top of asphalt measured at the property line, except that the following may be allowed in a clear vision area.

1. Trees exceeding this height may be located in the clear vision area provided all branches and foliage are removed to a height of eight feet above the grade;

2. Telephone, power, and cable television pole, electrical junction boxes.

3. Government issued traffic safety signs.

4. Telephone switch boxes provided that they are less than 10 inches wide at the widest dimension. (Ord. 4128 (part), 1981; Ord. 3380 (part), 1968).

B. Clear Vision Area Measurement. The following measurements used in conjunction with the formula established in MMC 17.06.080 shall be used to establish clear vision areas:

1. In a residential zone the minimum length of the triangle legs shall be 30 feet at street intersections and 10 feet where a street and an alley intersect;

2. In all other zones the minimum length of the triangle legs shall be 15 feet at street intersections and 10 feet where a street and an alley or street and access drive intersect, except that when the angle of intersection between two streets, is less than 30 degrees, the length of the triangle legs shall be 25 feet;

3. In commercial and industrial zones, buildings and signs may be constructed with cantilevers which extend out over the clear vision area at a height greater than eight feet when measured from the top of the curb, or where no curb exists, from eight and one-half feet above the edge of the pavement, or top of asphalt measured at the property line;