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_ _. A~ ORDINALqCE TQ A~LEI~D ~HE. CODE_ OF T~ CITY OF PORTSI.fOUTH, VIRG/~NIA.,. 1973, BY AMENDING SECTION 4'0-48 THEREOF PERTAINING TO REQUIP~EMENTS FOR PARKING LOTS; AND AMENDING SECTION 40-76 THEREOF PERTAINING TO USES PERMITTED IN OFFICE RESIDENTIAL OR-75 DISTRICTS. Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1973, be amended by amending Section 40-48 of said Code, such amended section to read as follows: Section 40-48. General requirements for parking lots. Where lots with .parking spaces, fo.r more than four (4) cars are permitted or required in any district, the following conditions shall be complied with: (a) The parking space required in any industrial or commercial district shall be provided upon the premises, or within five hundred (500) feet thereof, such distance to be measured along lines of public access to the property, except that such off-pr~m4ses commercial or industrial parking shall not be located wholly or partially in a residential district. The parking space required for any use located in any residential district shall be located on the same plot as the principal building, except. that the parking spaces required for any ch%~rch may be on a separate lot within five hundred (500) feett as measured along lines of public access thereto, of the plot on which the church is located. (b) The parking area shall be screened from any a~- joining premises used or zoned for residential purposes with a solid wall or fence, or a com- pact evergreen tree or shrub fence, located on a strip of land not less than five (5) feet in width, guarded with wheel bumpers. Where any such parking lot-abuts a street line, wheel bumpers shall be placed thereon and properly maintained.