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(First Published in The Salina Journal April 1990)
ORDINANCE NUMBER 90-9374
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 35-51, 35-52 OF THE SALINA
CODE REGARDING OBSTRUCTING VISIBILITY AT INTERSECTIONS, AND
REPEALING THE EXISTING SECTIONS.
Kansas:
BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina,
Section 1. That Section 35-51 of the Salina Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"Sec. 35-51. Prohibited.
In all areas on public or private property at any
corner formed by intersecting public streets or public
streets
intersecting
with private driveways,
it shall be
unlawful
to install,
set out or maintain or
to allow the
installation, setting
out or maintenance of any
sign, fence,
hedge,
shrubbery,
natural growth or other obstruction to
view, or
the parking
of any vehicle within
that triangle
formed
as hereby
described, such areas to
be herein
referred
to as the clear
sight zone.
(a) In uncontrolled intersections, the triangle is formed by
the curb lines (or the shoulder of the road where no gutter
exists) , of the intersecting streets drown from the apex of
the intersecting curb lines back a distance of sixty (60) feet
with a line drawn between such points.
(b) At intersections controlled only by 'YIELD' signs, a
clear sight zone consists of two triangles at each approach,
one on each side of any vehicle approaching the intersection.
The triangle to the left of the approaching vehicle is
calculated by utilizing table 1, below:
(c) At intersections controlled only by 'STOP' signs, a
clear sight zone consists of two triangles at each approach,
one on each side of any vehicle approaching the intersection.
The triangle to the left of the approaching vehicle is
calculated by utilizing table 2, below.
(d) At intersections controlled by full signalization or 4 -way
'STOP' signs, the clear sight zone consists of a triangle
formed by the curb lines (or the shoulder of the road where
no gutter exists) , of the intersecting streets drawn from the
apex of the intersecting curb lines back a distance of
fourteen (14) feet with a line drawn between such points.
(e) At intersections formed by public alleys and streets,
the clear sight zone consists of two triangles at each
approach, one on either side of the intersecting alley. The
legs of these triangles are formed by the intersection of the
curb line of the street (or the shoulder of the road where
no gutter exists) and the centerline of the alley. These
triangles are formed by measuring along the curb (or
shoulder) line of the street from the center of the alley
eighty (80) feet to the left and sixty-five (65) feet to the
right and connecting each of these points to a point which is
determined by measuring along the centerline of the alley
back a distance of twenty (20) feet from the curb (or
shoulder) line of the street.
(f) At intersections formed by private driveways normally
accessible to the public and public streets, clear sight zones
will be determined utilizing the standards set forth for
intersections controlled only by 'STOP' signs above (Sec.
35-51 W . )
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If on-site conditions exist which have not been
adequately anticipated by the adoption of these regulations,
the situation will be reviewed by specific appropriate
regulations will be determined by the City Engineer."
Section 2. That Section 35-52 of the Salina Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"Section 35-52. Exceptions.
The provisions of Section 35-51 shall not apply to
permanent buildings; public utilities poles; equipment
required for traffic control; hedges trimmed to a height of
less than three (3) feet; trees, the limbs of which are at all
times kept trimmed of limbs and sucker growth on the trunk
to a height of at least eight (8) feet or the limbs of which
overhang the public street and are at all times kept trimmed
of sucker growth to a height of at least thirteen (13) feet;
plant species not planted in the form of hedge which are so
planted and trimmed as to leave at all times a clear and
unobstructed cross view; fences not exceeding four (4) feet
in height provided that the ratio of the solid portion of the
fence to the open shall not exceed twenty-five (25) percent;
supporting members appurtenant to permanent buildings
existing on June 25, 1965; official warning signs or signals;
to places where the contour of the ground is such that there
can be no cross visibility or signs mounted ten (10) feet or
more above the ground whose supports do not constitute an
obstruction; and, noncommercial signs constructed parallel
with the base line which in the opinion of the Police
Department do not obstruct the clear sight zone. All
heights herein mentioned shall be measured from the gutter
grade at the apex of the clear sight zone triangle."
Section 3. That the existing Sections 35-51 and 35-52 of the Salina
Code are hereby repealed.
Section 4. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its adoption and publication once in the official city newspaper.
[SEAL]
ATTEST:
Jacqueline Shiever, City Clerk
Introduced: March 26, 1990
Passed: April 2, 1990
oseph arner, Mayor
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ch iver' to the curb line.
Distances are based on safe stoppino distances
usin(l speeds of 25 mph on the Thru Street and
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Ilidtli Controlled Street
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29' 73' 35'
33' 68' 32'
37' fi3' 30'
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Controlled Street
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88'
42'
79'
38'
74 '
35 '
69 '
33'
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1/2 Street width 11' z r W
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THRU STREET
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Controlled Streel I',rrkiuo on
Width Ilrru
Street
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25' 154'
1
14'
i50'
14'
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13'
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Tliru �t:��et Controlled Street
33'
37'
No Parking on
Controlled Street
G
155'
135'
124 '
117'
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tine Controlled 'Jrr,rt (W). 1hru Street (V).