§ 20-97. Required unobstructed area defined.

It is the intention of the village that the area surrounding certain street intersections within which unobstructed vision is necessary for the safety of pedestrian and motor vehicle traffic be defined by objective traffic safety and engineering standards which take into consideration the speed of traffic, stopping distances, and sight lines determined by the angles and dimensions of intersecting streets. Therefore, for the purposes of this section, and in order to provide the village staff and departments with objective and reasonable criteria by which bona fide hazards to traffic and pedestrians may be identified and abated, a required unobstructed area at an intersection shall be defined as:

(1)

In the case of an uncontrolled or yield intersection of two local streets, a triangle formed at each corner of the intersection whose legs are measured along the lane center line of each approach, with each such leg of the triangle equal in length to 75 feet plus 20 feet for each five miles per hour of posted maximum approach speed in excess of 25 miles per hour, as depicted in figure 1 of the appendix to this chapter in section 20-226; or

(2)

In the case of a two-way stop-controlled intersection of a major or collector street and local street, a triangle formed at each corner of the intersection whose legs are measured along the lane center line of each approach, with the leg of the triangle extending along the local street lane center line equal to five feet beyond the marked or unmarked stop line, and the leg of the triangle extending along the lane center line of the closest approaching lane of the major street equal in length to 50 feet for each five miles per hour of posted maximum approach speed, with an additional 50 feet for each for each lane of the major or collector street in excess of two in that direction, as depicted in figure 2 of the appendix to this chapter in section 20-226.

(3)

This section does not apply to intersections which are fully signalized or controlled with stop signs from all approaches.

(Code 1993, § 16-9.3.1)