Parkwood Neighborhood

City Unified Development Code Sidewalks and Signs Clearances

Sidewalk and Sign Clearances

Unified Development Code, January 2006

”35-506 Transportation and Street Design
(d) Cross-Section and Construction Standards
(5) Intersection Sight Distance.
To ensure safety of motorists and other travelers, it is necessary that drivers who are entering an intersection have an adequate view of approaching motorists. This view is required over a clear vision area, which is a right triangle where one side is called "intersection sight distance" and the adjacent side is the distance between the driver and the path of the vehicles approaching from the side. The clear vision area is that portion of a property over which motorists must see to safely judge and execute a driving maneuver into the intersection and onto the street. This applies to intersections of two or more streets as well as junctions of driveways and streets. Clear vision areas must be free of visual obstructions, e.g. structures, walls, fences, and vegetation, which are higher than three feet and lower than eight feet above the pavement. The American Association of State Highway & Transportation officials (AASHTO) Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and streets, or latest revision thereof determines this length of the required intersection sight distance.”

What commonsense conclusion you can draw from this is you should be able to walk on any sidewalk in Parkwood without having to bend down or walk in the street to pass. As property owners also own the sidewalks (there is a city easement permitting public use of passage via this easement), we need to maintain our vegetation around our sidewalks and around public signs placed by the sidewalks (warning, speed, etc.).

Also in our covenants, you will see:

“ARTICLE 14. TRAFFIC SIGHT BARRIERS.

No shrub, tree, object or thing which obstructs sight lines at elevations between two (2) and six (6) feet above the roadway shall be placed or permitted to remain on any corner lot within the triangular area formed by the street property lines of such lot and a line connection such property lines at points located on each said street property lines at a distance of twenty-five feet (25') from the point where such lines intersect or would intersect if extended; nor shall any such obstruction be placed or permitted to remain on any lot within the triangular area formed by the street property line of such lot, the edge line of any driveway or alley pavement, and a line connection said lines at points located on each of said lines at a distance of ten feet (10') from the point at which said lines intersect or would intersect if extended. “

Essentially we need to fulfill these expectations, to the HOA and to the city.