§ 4.0. Gasoline service stations.

4.1.  Location. Permitted only in zones C-3 and I-1. (Ord. No. 85-434, § 2, 5-20-85)

4.2.  Requirements.

A.

Submission of a site development plan.

B.

No gasoline service station shall be located within a radius of three hundred (300) feet from a place of public assembly.

C.

All permanent storage of material, merchandise and equipment shall be within the principal building or within the setback lines, with the exception of garbage and trash, which shall be located in an area enclosed on three (3) sides by an opaque fence of at least six (6) feet high and located within the setback lines.

D.

Yard requirements.

1.

Minimum site of twelve thousand (12,000) square feet.

2.

Frontage on a public road of one hundred twenty (120) feet.

3.

Structures permitted on said site not to exceed one principal structure, and three (3) islands of triple pumps.

4.

All yards shall be a minimum of twenty (20) feet set back from street.

5.

All driveways shall be set back a minimum of twenty (20) feet from property corners, shall not exceed thirty-five (35) feet in width and shall be thirty (30) feet apart.

6.

A minimum of one thousand six hundred (1,600) square feet of lot area is required for each additional triple pump island, one thousand two hundred (1,200) square feet of lot area shall be provided for each service bay or car wash, and one hundred fifty (150) square feet for a separate pay station.

E.

Applicable only to construction of gasoline pumps and facilities to existing establishments. The following minimum standards shall apply to the gasoline dispensing area including pump islands and approach drives:

1.

One triple pump island—Two thousand seven hundred (2,700) square feet.

2.

One pay station and one triple pump island-Five thousand two hundred (5,200) square feet.

3.

A minimum of one thousand six hundred (1,600) square feet of lot area shall be provided for each additional triple pump island and a minimum of one thousand two hundred (1,200) square feet of lot area shall be provided for each service bay and car wash.

F.

The following are prohibited uses in gasoline service stations located in any zone other than industrial zones:

1.

Storage of vehicles. On premises for purposes other than periodic maintenance or repair.

2.

Major automotive repairs.

3.

Body work and spray painting.

4.

Buying or selling of new or used motor vehicles.

5.

Any use performed inside the building which is offensive or dangerous or which [constitutes] a nuisance to the occupants of adjacent properties, by reason of the emission of smoke, fumes, dust, odor, vibration, noise or unsightliness.

(Ord. No. 322, § 11, 5-4-81)