Burlingame Municipal Code Ch. 11.12 Obstructing View at Intersections

It is unlawful to construct, grow, maintain or permit to exist upon or adjacent to any lot or parcel of real property in the city at a place within a distance of fifteen(15) feet from that point of the intersection of any streets, lanes, avenues, roads or highways, any tree, hedge, brush or shrub, or fence, wall or like structure, over three feet in height measured from the level of the street, lane, avenue, road or highway in front of or to the side or rear of such real property, whichever is nearest to the structure or plant in question; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to any tree within such distance the lowest branches or foliage of which are not less than seven feet above the level of such street, lane, avenue, road, or highway in front of or to the side or rear of said real property, whichever is nearest to said tree, or to any tree or sapling the leaves, branches or foliage of which do not obstruct the clear view by the driver of any vehicle or traffic approaching from any direction the intersection of any streets, lanes, avenues, roads or highways.

(1941 Code § 1403, Ord. 1075 § 1, (1976))

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Editor's Note: For zoning regulation of hedges and fences on corner lots, see Section 25.78.040 of this code.