<div class="chunk-title">Section 1601. - Offstreet automobile parking lot regulations.</div>
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               Where parking spaces for five or more automobiles are permitted or required, the following
               provisions shall be complied with:
               
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                  1601.01 <span class="ital">Yards.</span> All offstreet parking lots shall observe a minimum front yard of not less than five
                  feet and side yard on a corner lot of not less than five feet. Parking lots in residential
                  and office and institutional districts shall have front yards of not less than 15
                  feet and side and rear yards of not less than five feet.
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                  1601.02 <span class="ital">Landscaping.</span> The required yards shall be set off from the parking area by a curb or bumper not
                  less than six inches or more than two feet high, and such yards shall be planted and
                  maintained in lawn or other appropriate planting, or shall be improved otherwise in
                  keeping with the character of adjacent property, and when adjacent to residential
                  property, natural planting, hedge, or a decorative fence to a height of at least six
                  feet shall screen the residential property.
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                  1601.03 <span class="ital">Lighting.</span> Any lighting shall be so arranged as to direct the light and glare away from streets
                  and adjacent property.
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                  1601.04 <span class="ital">Surfacing.</span> All parking lots shall be graded and surfaced with compacted gravel, blacktop, concrete
                  or other such surfacing material to insure a dustless surface condition.
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                  1601.05 <span class="ital">Drainage.</span> Parking lots shall not drain onto or across public sidewalks, or into adjacent property
                  except into a natural watercourse or a drainage easement.
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                  1601.06 <span class="ital">Markings.</span> Each parking stall shall be marked off and maintained so as to be distinguishable.
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                  1601.07 <span class="ital">Separation of bumper and walkways.</span> In the event any parking stall abuts upon a walkway there shall be a space of 3Â½
                  feet between the wheel bumper or curb and the edge of the walkway.
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                  1601.08 <span class="ital">Entrance and exits.</span> On all corner lots, all vehicular openings shall be located at least 20 feet from
                  the point of intersection of the established street right-of-way lines. No entrance
                  or exit, whether on a corner lot or not, shall exceed 30 feet in width at the property
                  line or 40 feet at the curb line. There shall be a minimum distance between driveways
                  of 25 feet measured along the curb line unless such driveways are less than five feet
                  apart.
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                  1601.09 <span class="ital">Internal circulation.</span> Sufficient area shall be provided within the property lines of the parking lot, exclusive
                  of required yards, so that all vehicles may enter and leave the lot in a forward motion.
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