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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, V!RG!NIA~ 1973, BY ~,~NDING SECTION 40~48 ~) RELATING TO DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR DRIVEWAYS AND PAP~KING LOTS. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That Section 40-48~) of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1973, be amended and reordained to read as follows: [4) Dimensional requirements. (a~ The city engineer may grant a single exception from the dimensional requirements set out in this section if he deems such exception is necessary to prevent a demonstrable hardship upon the property owner or is in the best interest of public safety. If more than one (1) exception is sought, the Planning Commission must approve such exception. Othe~vise, the following minimal dimensional requirements shall be observed: (i) No driveway shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet in width at the property line, nor fifty (50) feet at the curb!ine. (ii) No driveway, at the curbline~ shall be located within fifteen (15) feet of the property line of an intersecting street, and in no case nearer than five (5) feet from the end of the curb radius. (iii) No driveway shall be located within ten (10) feet, at the curbline, from the line of the adjacent property, except in the Historic District where there shall be no required setback of driveways from adjacent property. [iv) Where more than one driveway is provided along a frontage in single ownership, there must be a separation of at least twenty (20) feet at the curbline, and a six (6) inch raised protective curb parallel to the street extending not less than two-thirds ~/3) the length of the island shall be placed inside the property line between the driveway. (v) Ail such off-street parking spaces shall be properly paved and maintained in such manner as to permit use thereof at all times. Such parking spaces shall not be reduced in total extent, after their provision hereunder, except upon the approval of the planning commission and then only after proof that the parking spaces provided are no longer needed by reason of a change in use of the premises to which t-he parking facilities are adjunct.