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The HOA contacted the City's Traffic Engineer John Deskins. Here is what we learned about the intersection line-of-sight at Fuji Way and Westcliffe Blvd and Fuji Way and Shockley Rd:

 

1. The intersection at Westcliffe, looking west. Technically, parking is allowed on Westcliffe which means the city adjusted the setback (at the west curb) from 13 feet down to 8 feet per their city code. Because the block wall is about 11 feet back from the curb and there are no visible shrubs or trees south of the wall, this location meets the site distance code easily. We have also advised the Traffic and Street Department does expect drivers to nose out just a bit further because there is such a wide effective shoulder.

 

2. At Westcliffe, looking east. The same is true as above for the homeowner's fence and the allowed parking. However, there are some shrubs and trees they encouraged us to keep an eye on so they are trimmed down (for the shrubs) and trees (trimmed up) as much as possible to help mitigate for the pole which they advised is allowed per city code.

 

3. At Shockley looking west and because of the turn lane, there is no parking allowed on Shockley and they do use the 13-foot setback (on the west curb).  There are some shrubs and trees that are owned by the HOA and their advice was the same as above.

 

This information confirmed those intersections are to code and that we have not had any accidents at their locations since they were developed.  As always, we can continue to educate our homeowners to make them aware the HOA can't force others to slow down and that they should always use caution with pulling out onto these streets.