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";'5- (5) Open terraces, aecks, ana porches not over 30 inches above the average Level of the adJoining grouna may project a alstance not exceeding five feet into required yards, provided, however, that no such proJection shaLL extena closer than five feet to any interior side or rear property Line, or closer than 15 feet to a front or exterior siae property llne. SECTION 34. That SUbsection 36(J) of the GeneraL Zoning Ordinance of the San Marcos Coae of Orainances is herebY repeaLed. SECTION 35. That new Subsection 36(J) of the General Zoning Orainance of the San Marcos COde of Ordinances is herebY adopted to read as folLOWS: (J) Fences or shrubbery in residential zoning districts in the requirea front or side yard adjacent to a street shall not Obstruct the view of motorists traveling on saia streets, and shall not inhiblt nor lnterfere with the safe movement of vehicular traffic as determinea by the Chief of Police or his designee, but in no event shalL fences exceed four feet in helght in the requirea front yard or six feet in height in the requirea side and rear yards, nor shaLL any fence, waLL, or shrUbbery exceed the 11mits proviaed in Section 36(K) and Section 36(L), beLOW. SECTION 36. That Section 36 of the GeneraL Zoning OraJ.nance of the San Marcos COde of Ordinances is hereby amendea by the aadition of Subsections Kana L to read as follows: (K) On any corner Lot on which a front yard and exterior side yara are required, no walL, fence, sign or other structure, vehicLe or pLant growth having a height in excess of three feet above the eLevation of the lowest point of the crown of the adjacent street shall be maintained in a trlangle formea by measuring a distance of 25 feet along both property Lines from their point of intersection and connnecting the pOlnts so established to form a triangle except, however, that a single pOLe 18 lnches or less in diameter supporting a permitted sign, or sJ.ngle tree trunk, may be placed in a sight triangle, provided that the bottom of the slgn or lowest tree branch when mature does not Obstruct the vJ.ew of motorists traveling on the adjacent streets or interfere with the safe movement of vehicular trafflc as determinea bY the Chief of POLice or his aesignee. (L) On any Lot on which a private driveway, serving uses other than single or two-famJ.ly aweLllngs, intersects a pUblic street, a sight triangle havlng the same llmitations as Section 36(K) aoove, shaLL be formea by measuring a distance of 15 feet along the right-of-way Line and edge of the curb cut from theJ.r point of intersection and connecting the points so establlshea. SECTION 37. That Section 39, Nonconforming Uses, of the General Zoning Ordinances of the San Marcos Coae of Oralnances is herebY renamed Nonconformities. SECTION 38. That Section 39 of the General Zonlng Oralnance of the San Marcos Coae of Orainances is hereoy amenaed by the aaoption of SUbsection (E) to read as folLOWS: (E) Nonconforming lots: A nonconformlng lot as definea ln Section 4 (72.5) J.S Lawful if it is shown bY a recordea plat or deed to have been owned separateLY and inaividually from adjoining tracts of land at a time when the creation of a lot of such size and/or wlath at