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current a policy of liability insurance covering bodily injury and property damage in the amount of $1 ,000,000.00 which names the city as a co-insured. (iii) Temporary inflatable signs may, if affixed to the roof of a building or structure, project no more than 30 feet above the roof line or top of the building or structure, or if affixed to the ground, have a height not exceeding 30 feet above ground level. Such signs shall be displayed no more than once per year per zone lot, for a period of time not to exceed seven days. Sec. 40-71.2. Parking lot screening and landscaping requirements. In all zoning districts where four or more off-street parking spaces are permitted or required, the following parking facility requirements shall be observed: (a) Any off-street parking area adjoining a parcel used for residential purposes or vacant property zoned RS, RT, RM, Downtown Residential or Historic residential shall be screened from view from the adjacent residential parcels with a landscaped buffer in accordance with landscaping group 1. When a use permit is required for the parking area, city council may approve a modification of this requirement. (b) Any light to illuminate off-street parking areas shall be arranged and oriented to direct light and glare away from adjoining parcels used or zoned for residential purposes. (c) Except in the Historic zoning districts, the owner, tenant and/or agent of an off-street parking area which accommodates more than ten automobiles or vehicles shall be required to provide a minimum total landscaped area equal to not less than five percent of the total area of all parking spaces and drives in the parking area. This landscaping shall be in accordance with landscaping group 4. (d) In the Historic zoning districts, the owner, tenant or agent of an off-street parking area which accommodates more than four automobiles or vehicles shall be required to provide a minimum total landscaped area equal to not less than ten percent of the total area of all parking spaces and drives in the parking area, such landscaping to be in accordance with landscaping group 4. (e) In all Downtown Districts labeled T and SD the parking lot shall be landscaped as per the General Guidelines contained in the Downtown Design Manual. In the D-2 districts the parking lot shall be landscaped as per the Guidelines contained in Appendix "A" Uptown D2 District Form-Based Code Sec. 40-171.1. Downtown D-l and D-2 districts. Without limiting the foregoing, no building or other improvements on land in the area identified on the Zoning Map as the Downtown Review District Area within which a_Certificate of Appropriateness is required shall be erected, moved or modified unless its use, erection or modification is consistent with a certificate approved by the downtown design committee. 6. That Tables 40-43.1.3, 40-44-3, and 40-44-4 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, be amended to remove all references, limitations, and requirements pertaining to the Downtown D-l and D-2 zoning districts.