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use of any street for the purpose of travel for a period of time longer than five (5) minutes, except that this provision shall not apply to railway trains, cars or similar vehicles on rails while blocking or obstructing a crossing because of an accident which requires the operator of a train, car or similar vehicle on rails to stop at or near the scene of the accident. SECTION 3292. Obstructions to Vision Prohibited at Corners. On property on any corner formed by intersecting streets, it shall be unlawful to install, set out, maintain or allow the installation, setting out or maintenance of any sign, fence, hedge, shrubbery, natural growth or other obstruction to the eye, higher than 2½ feet above the top of the sidewalk, or, where no sidewalks exist, higher than three (3) feet above the level of the center of the adjacent intersection, within the triangular area between the property line and a diagonal line joining points on the property lines twenty-five (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 the points on said tangent twenty-five (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 corners. SECTION 3292.1. Same. E~emptions. The foregoing provisions shall not apply to permanent structures or buildings complying with the Zoning Ordinance or in existence at the time this Part is adopted, poles and standards for public service utilities, trees trimmed to the trunk to a lane at least seven (7) feet above the top of the sidewalk, or where there are no sidewalks, eight (8) feet above the level of the center of the adjacent intersection, supporting members of appurtenances to permanent buildings existing on the date this Part became effective, official traffic control devices, places where the contour of the ground is cut so there can be no cross visibility at the intersection, or signs mounted ten (10) feet or more above the ground whose supports do not exceed a maximum dimension of ten (10) inches, measured parallel to the ground surface. SECTION 3292.2. Same. Enforcement. The enforcement of Sections 3292 and 3292.1 shall be under the direction of the Director of Public Works. He shall investigate violations of said Sections, give such notices as may be required to carry out said Sections, and perform such other duties in connection with the enforcement of said Sections as may be required. Any obstruction maintained in violation of this Part shall be deemed a public nuisance upon failure to obey the provisions of this Part within twenty (20) days after the posting upon the premises of notice to abate the nuisance, signed by the Director of Public Works. The same may be abated in the same manner as any other public nuisance, which shall be in addition to any criminal action against the person maintaining the obstruction to vision. SECTION3293. Powers of the Council. The Council may exercise any rights, powers or authority granted to it by the provisions of the Vehicle code by either resolution or ordinance. -18-