8952ORDINANCE NO. 8952
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 6974 IN ITS
ENTIRETY, DECLARING IT TO BE A_ MISDEMEANOR FOR
ANY PROPERTY OWNER TO OBSTRUCT VISIBILITY AT A
STREET INTERSECTION, PROVIDING A FINE THEREFOR,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK,
ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 6974 is hereby repealed in its
entirety,
SECTION 2. That it shall be a misdemeanor for any person,
persons or corporations owning real property at intersecting
streets to install, set out or maintain, or to allow the install-
ation, setting out or maintenance of any sign, hedge, shrubbery,
natural growth or bther obstruction to the view, higher than three
feet six inches above the level of the center of the adjacent in-
tersection, within that triangular area between the property line
and a diagonal line joining points on the property lines 25 feet
from the point of their intersection, or in the case of rounded
corners, the triangular area between the tangents to the curve
and a diagonal line joining points on said tangent 25 feet from
the point of their intersection. The tangents referred to are
those at the beginning and at the end of the curve at the corner.
SECTION 3. That the foregoing provision shall not apply to
permanent buildings; public utility poles; trees trimmed ( to the
trunk) to a line at least eight feet above the level of the inter-
section; saplings, or plant species of open growth habits and not
,planted in the form of a hedge, which are so planted and trimmed
as to leave at all seasons a clear and unobstructed cross -view;
supporting members of appurtenances to permanent buildings exist-
ing on the date this ordinance becomes effective; official warning
signs or signals; to places where the contour of the ground is such
that there can be no oross- visibility at the intersection; or to
signs mounted 10 feet or more above the ground and whose supports
do not constitute an obstruction as defined in Section 2.
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SECTION 4. No obstruction to cross - visibility shall be
deemed to be excepted from the application of this section be-
cause of its being in exist4noe at the time of the adoption
hereof.
SECTION 5. Any person, persons or corporations violating
Section 2 of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
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on conviction shall be fined any sum not less than five dollars
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($5.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00), and each day that
the violation shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 6. In the event of any violation of Section 2 of
this ordinance, in addition to the fine mentioned in Section 5 of
this ordinance the City is authorized to go upon said real property
and to take any usual and reasonable steps to trim or pr=e the
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hedge and or shrubs in question and the owner of said real pro-
perty shall be liable for the cost of such action by the City.
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SECTION 7. An emergency is hereby declared to exist and
this ordinance is found to be necessary for the preservation
of the public pease, health and safety and shall be in full
force and effect frcm and after its passage and approval.
PASSED: July' 14s 1952.
City Clerk
APPROVED:
Mayor