HomeMy WebLinkAbout07395ORDINANCE NO. 7395
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 21 AND 22 OF CHAPTER 4 OF TITLE XVII OF THE
PUEBLO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO FENCES, WALLS, HEDGES AND VISIBILITY AT
INTERSECTIONS, AND MAKING SAID SECTIONS CONSISTENT WITH CHAPTER 3 OF TITLE XV
OF THE PUEBLO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO TRAFFIC HAZARDS
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that (brackets indicate matter
deleted, underscoring indicates matter added):
SECTION 1.
Section 21 of Chapter 4 of Title XVII is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 17 -4 -21. Visibility at intersections [in residential districts].
[On a corner lot in any residential district, nothing shall be erected, placed, planted or
allowed to grow in such a manner as materially to impede vision between a height of two (2)
and eight (8) feet above the centerline grades of the intersecting streets in the area bounded
by the street lines of such corner lots and a line joining points along said street lines fifty (50)
feet from the point of the intersection as measured at the curbline.] Nothing shall be erected,
placed, planted or allowed to grow in such a manner as to constitute a sight obstruction at an
intersection and a nuisance as defined in Chapter 3 of Title XV of this Code.
SECTION 2.
Section 22 of Chapter 4 of Title XVII is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 17 -4 -22. Fences, walls and hedges.
Except as [required] prohibited in [Section 17 -4 -21] Chapter 3 of Title XV of this
Code, fences, walls and hedges may be permitted in any required yard, or along the
edge of any yards.
SECTION 3.
This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon final passage and approval.
INTRODUCED October 24, 2005
BY Randy Thurston
Councilperson
APPROVED: kz "Zee
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ATTESTED BY:
CITY CLERIC
PASSED AND APPROVED November 14, 2005
DATE: OCTOBER 24, 2005
DEPARTMENT: PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTMIM MUNCH
LAND USE ADMINISTRATORMERRY PACHECO
TITLE
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 21 AND 22 OF CHAPTER 4 OF
TITLE XVII OF THE PUEBLO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO FENCES,
WALLS, HEDGES AND VISIBILITY AT INTERSECTIONS, AND MAKING
SAID SECTIONS CONSISTENT WITH CHAPTER 3 OF TITLE XV OF THE
PUEBLO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO TRAFFIC HAZARDS
ISSUE
Shall City Council amend Chapter 4 of Title XVII of the Pueblo Municipal Code
relating to fences, walls, hedges and visibility at intersections and making said
sections consistent with Chapter of Title XV of the Pueblo Municipal Code relating
to traffic hazards?
RECOMMENDATION
The Planning and Zoning Commission, at their December 4, 2004 regular meeting
voted 5 -0 to recommend approval.
The purpose of the Proposed Ordinance is to make the provisions in § §17 -4 -21
and 17 -4 -22, P.M.C. consistent with Ordinance No. 7206. Ordinance No. 7206
prohibits sight impairments at intersections and specifically defines what
constitutes the clear sight triangle at an intersection. §15- 3 -1(a), P.M.C. Under
this definition, the clear sight triangle is not a fixed area applicable to all
intersections as is set forth in §17 -4 -21, P.M.C., but is a flexible area dependant
upon the particular intersection and such factors as the design speeds of the
intersecting roadway, type of traffic control used at the intersection, the direction
of approaching traffic and the size of the intersection area.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
None.