§ 42-102. Maximum height, restricted area; nuisance declared.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to install, plant, place, set out or maintain, or to allow to be installed, planted, placed, set out or maintained, or to permit to exist any tree, hedge, shrubbery, plant, natural growth, sign or other obstruction to the view which is higher than two feet, six inches above either:

(1)

The top of the curb return at the applicable corner of the intersection;

(2)

The nearest pavement surface, where there is no curb; or

(3)

The existing traveled roadway at the corner in question where there is no curb or pavement, on property at any corner formed by intersecting streets, within that triangular area bounded by the property lines and a diagonal line joining points on the property lines located 25 feet from the point of intersection of the property lines on two intersecting streets, or in the case of rounded corners, the triangular area bounded by the tangents to the curve of property lines on two intersecting streets and a diagonal line joining tangents to said curves at points that shall be located 25 feet from the point of intersection of said tangents. The tangents referred to are those at the beginning and at the end of the curve at the corner.

(b)

Any obstruction maintained or existing in violation of this section shall be deemed a public nuisance.

(Code 1979, § 26-66; Code 2005, § 95.075)