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ORDINANCE NO. 585 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 17, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE, BY ADDING A NEW USE GROUP REGARDING OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION AND SETTING FORTH REGULATIONS THERETO, BY REVISING THE USE GROUPS IN CERTAIN ZONING DISTRICTS, BY REVISING CERTAIN YARD AND BULK REQUIRE- MENTS, BY REVISING REGULATIONS WITH RESPECT TO SIGNS AND BY REVISING THE DEFINITION OF CERTAIN ZONING DISTRICT CATAGORIES. This Ordinance is hereby amended by adding the following sections: SECTION 20. Sections 17.08.590, 17.16.100(a) and 17.16.120(c) of Title 17 of the Louisville Municipal Code are hereby repealed. SECTION 21. The following sections are hereby added to Chapters 17.08 and 17.16 of Title 17 of the Louisville Municipal Code: 17.08:.590 Vision clearance area. "Vision clearance area" means a triangular area on a lot at the intersection of two streets or a street and a railroad, two sides of which are lot lines to a distance specified in the regulations. The third side of the triangle is a line across the corner of the lot jOining the ends of the other two sides. Where the lot lines and intersections have rounded corners, the lot lines will be extended in a straight line to a point of intersection. The vision clearance area contains no plantings, walls, structures or temporary or permanent obstructions exceeding two and one half (2 1/2) feet in height measured from the top of the curb or existing grade unless said structures or obstructions are more than eighty percent open. 17.16.100 Vision clearance areas. A. A vision clearance area shall contain no plantings, walls, structures or temporary or permanent obstructions exceeding two and one half (2 1/2) feet in height, measured from the top of the curb or existing grade unles s said structures or obstructions are more than eighty percent open.