§ 21.60.080. View cones.

A.

Where a public right-of-way or easement dedicated for public access terminates at a waterway, a view cone shall be provided. See Division VI for definition and calculation of the view cone.

B.

Fences, Walls, and Plantings in View Cones.

1.

No fences, walls, or plantings with a height greater than four feet are allowed in a view cone, except:

a.

Fences and walls (including their component parts, such as handrails and guards) that do not exceed six feet in height and are open above four feet. A fence, wall, hand-rail, or guard is considered open if its opacity is fifty percent or less. The percentage of opacity is measured by dividing the square footage of the opaque portion of the subject structure by the square footage of the entire structure, and multiplying the result by one hundred.

b.

Trees maintained with a single trunk with all branches and pendulous branches removed to a height of seven feet above the ground plane. Trees shall not be planted closer than fifteen feet apart so as not to form a visual barrier.

2.

All plantings, exclusive of trees referenced in Subsection (B)(1)(b) of this section, located in a view cone must be pruned or maintained to a height of four feet or less.

(Ord. O-1-04 Revised (part), 2005)

(Ord. No. O-47-11 Amended, § 1, 10-28-2013)