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E. Driveways and parking aisles shall be laid out so as to intersect as nearly as possible at right angles. No driveways or aisles shall intersect at less than sixty degrees. F. Unless alternate paving is approved by the permitting authority, all parking areas and driveways shall be constructed on a base of not less than eight (8) inches of good binding gravel or other suitable road base material, properly shaped and compacted. Where the subsoil consists of peat or similar spongy material, it shall be excavated and replaced with solid fill as necessary to support the finished surface. All parking areas and driveways required to meet the minimum parking space requirements, of Section 174-39 shall be paved with a minimum of two and one half(21/2) inches of bituminous concrete,, type 1, consisting of one and one-half (11/2) inches of binder course and one inch of surface course, both properly compacted by a ten-ton roller. Where additional overflow parking areas are proposed, the base shall. be constructed as above, but alternate materials or grass may be used as a finished surface if approved by the permitting authority. G. The perimeter of any parking area over 10 spaces and any driveway or parking lot islands shall have curbs and gutters of granite, cast-in-place concrete or other edge treatment, not including bituminous concrete, suitable to control parking lot drainage, prevent erosion and maintain the pavement edge in good condition. A minimum five (5) foot radius shall be required for all vertical barrier curbs adjacent to parking lot driveways, islands and planting areas, with a fifteen (15) foot radius preferred along major driveways or those expected to be used by significant numbers of trucks or large vehicles. H. Parking facilities shall be sloped a ininimum of 3/4% to drainage grate inlets, catch basins or curb inlets and in all cases shall be constructed so that ponding of drainage within the paved surface shall not occur. Stormwater from parking areas shall be treated to minimize the amount of nitrogen reaching groundwater to the greatest extent feasible. 1. No structure, fence, post or other solid object other than curbing shall be allowed within three (3) feet of the paved surface of any parking area or driveway, except for shopping cart storage areas and handicapped access or preferred parking signs authorized by the permitting authority. J. Sidewalks shall be provided where appropriate along the perimeter of the parking area and within parking lot islands to facilitate safe movement of pedestrians. K. No parking area will be allowed within ten (10� feet of the property line of abutting property owners, or such larger buffer area distance as may be required by the Zoning By-law. The minimum buffer area may be reduced by the permitting authority if written endorsement of such reduction. is received from. the owner of the abutting property. Such setback area shall be left in its natural state, or revegetated in conformance with the requirements of the Zoning By-taw in accordance with plans approved by the permitting authority. Larger buffer areas may be required where the parking area abuts residential property, publicly-owned parcels, water bodies or wetlands or where such buffer is required to maintain existing scenic or historic vistas from public ways or public lands. October 20, 2003 Town Meeting