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TITLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
TITLE 2. CITY-COUNTY CONSOLIDATION
TITLE 3. AIR MANAGEMENT CODE
TITLE 4. THE PHILADELPHIA BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AND OCCUPANCY CODE
TITLE 4.1. ELECTRICAL CODE
TITLE 4.2. PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE
TITLE 5. FIRE PREVENTION CODE
TITLE 6. HEALTH CODE
TITLE 7. HOUSING CODE
TITLE 8. PLUMBING CODE
TITLE 9. REGULATION OF BUSINESSES, TRADES AND PROFESSIONS
TITLE 10. REGULATION OF INDIVIDUAL CONDUCT AND ACTIVITY
TITLE 11. STREETS
TITLE 12. TRAFFIC CODE
TITLE 13. WATER AND SEWER
TITLE 14. ZONING AND PLANNING
TITLE 15. PARKS AND RECREATION
TITLE 16. PUBLIC PROPERTY
TITLE 17. CONTRACTS AND PROCUREMENT
TITLE 18. COMMERCE AND AVIATION
TITLE 19. FINANCE, TAXES AND COLLECTIONS
TITLE 20. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
TITLE 21. MISCELLANEOUS
TITLE 22. PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT CODE
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(15)   Seating Space.
A seating space in a place of public assembly shall be considered as a fixed permanent seat. In the case of bleachers, benches or the flat tops of walls, seating shall be 18 in. wide and 16 in. deep. Seating 30 in. or more in depth shall count double when access is provided to both sides. In the case of open floor area used for temporary seating purposes, seating area is calculated as one seat per nine sq. ft. of open floor area.
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   Added, Bill No. 120430-A (approved January 14, 2013); deleted, Bill No. 210075 (approved March 29, 2021).
(16)   Separation or Spacing of Uses.
Unless otherwise expressly stated, when the provisions of this Zoning Code require that two or more uses be separated by some minimum distance, the separation distance shall be measured from lot line to lot line along the shortest imaginary line between the subject lots. Where uses are required to be separated by some minimum distance from a zoning district boundary, the separation distance shall be measured from the lot line to the zoning district boundary along the shortest imaginary line between the lot and the zoning boundary.
(17)   Setback Line, Front or Building.
A line parallel to the front lot line at a distance from the front lot line equal to the minimum distance required for building setbacks in each district in which setbacks are required.
(18)   Sight Triangle.  32
Sight triangles include:
(a)   A triangle formed by the intersection of one alley or shared driveway with a minimum width of 12 ft. and one street, measured 12 ft. from the intersection along the edges of the street right-of-way and the alley or shared driveway; or
(b)   A triangle formed by the intersection of two streets, measured 30 ft. from the intersection along the edges of the two streets.
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   Amended, Bill No. 120774-A (approved January 14, 2013).
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