Temple City Municipal Code Part 2 Intersections

Obstructions to visibility at edge of roadway between intersecting streets which unreasonably or substantially interfere with the safety of pedestrian movements and/or vehicular movements are hereby declared to be matters of public safety and subject to regulation under the police power of the city. (1960 Code)

There shall not be maintained upon any property facing any public street any sign, hedge, shrubbery, natural growth or other obstruction to the view, higher than forty inches (40") above the gutter (or if there be no gutter, the edge of the roadway) within a distance of ten feet (10') from the edge of the gutter or roadway as hereinafter defined. (1960 Code)

EDGE OF ROADWAY: The average edge of the paved roadway existing in front of any parcel of property.

GUTTER: The bottom of the curb at the juncture of the curb and gutter. (1960 Code)

The foregoing provisions shall not apply to permanent buildings, public utility poles, young saplings or trees trimmed (to the trunk) to a line at least six feet (6') above the level of the reference point as defined in section 6-1B-22 of this article, or to places where the natural contour of the ground is such that there can be no cross visibility at the midblock location. (1960 Code)

The enforcement of sections 6-1B-20 through 6-1B-26 of this article shall be under the direction of the city manager.

A. The city manager shall cause alleged violations of this code to be investigated forthwith.

B. The city manager or his authorized agent shall review these findings within thirty (30) days and either authorize the sheriff of Los Angeles County to post such notice as is hereinafter set forth and perform such other duties to enforce this code as are necessary or shall notify the said sheriff, in writing, that no abatement is necessary. (1960 Code)

The owner of such posted property may appeal to the traffic commission of the city and show cause why such work should not be done or why the time therefor should be extended. Such appeal shall be in writing and shall be filed with the city clerk of the city within ten (10) days from the date of posting notice. The said traffic commission shall hear and pass upon such appeal, and its determination thereon shall be final except for an appeal that may be filed with the city council within ten (10) days of the date of the mailing of the traffic commission's decision. (1960 Code)

Any obstruction maintained in violation of this article shall be deemed a nuisance and upon failure to abate the same within twenty (20) days after the posting upon the premises of the notice to abate the nuisance the city manager or his authorized agent may enter upon the premises and remove or eliminate the obstruction. In such event, the cost to the city of the abatement of the nuisance shall be a lien upon the premises provided a claim therefor be filed within the time and in the manner as prescribed in sections 3093, 3097, 3115 and 3118 of the Civil Code of the state of California. The cost of such abatement, shall in addition, be a personal obligation against the owner of the premises upon which the nuisance was maintained, recoverable by the city in an action before any court of competent jurisdiction. (1960 Code)