19750311 1975-10ORDINANCE NO. 1975-10
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REENACTING
SECTION 3.16 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE
OF THE CITY OF FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA,
ENTITLED, "VISUAL CLEARANCE".
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Fairfax, Virginia,
that Section 3.16 of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Fairfax,
Virginia, be and it hereby is amended and reenacted to read in its
entirety as follows:
"3.16 Visual Clearance:
"3.161 Corner lots: On any corner lot in any district except RT
and P-D there shall be no planting, structure, retaining
wall, fence, shrubbery, or other visual obstruction higher
than a height of two (2) feet six (6) inches above the
street level within the imaginary prism formed at said
corner by the intersecting right-of-way lines and a line
connecting two points each twenty-five (25) feet from their
intersection with a height, as stated above, measured along
said right-of-way lines as illustrated below
"3.162 In the interest of traffic and pedestrian safety, the
Zoning Administrator may determine that, due to street
configuration or slope of the land at or near a given
intersection, or at any lot along a public thoroughfare,
visual clearance is inadequate for traffic and pedestrian
safety and may require the removal of such obstruction.
The Zoning Administrator shall state such determination
in writing and give due notice to th~ ~a~ected property
owner. The property owner affected by such determination
of the Zoning Administrator may appeal to the Board of
Zoning Appeals in accordance with Section 5.07."
This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its
adoption.
Adopted: March 11, 1975
Attest:
' C~{y Clerk