§ 44-107. Automobile service station requirements.

All automobile service stations shall comply with the following requirements:

(1)

Location. The boundaries of a lot upon which an automobile service station is or is to be located shall not be within 100 feet of any residential dwelling, or any property containing a school, public playground, church, hospital, clinic, public library, day care center, residential child care facility, or other institution for children or dependents. No automobile service station shall be located within the boundaries of the Usry Pond Watershed Overlay District.

(2)

Site requirements. All buildings shall be setback a minimum of 100 feet from all street centerlines (125 feet on state routes) and all canopies shall be set back 40 feet from all street right-of-way lines.

(3)

Access to site. Vehicular entrances or exits at an automobile service station:

a.

Shall not be provided with more than two curb cuts for the first 120 feet of street frontage or fraction thereof, plus no more than one additional curb cut for each additional 150 feet of street frontage or fraction thereof.

b.

Shall contain an access width along the curbline of the street of not more than 40 feet as measured parallel to the street at its narrowest point and shall not be located closer than 20 feet to a street intersection or closer than ten feet to the adjoining property.

c.

Shall not have any two driveways or curb cuts along a single street that are closer together than 50 feet as measured from centerline-to-centerline of the curb cuts.

(4)

Gasoline pump islands. All gasoline pump islands shall be set back at least 40 feet from the right-of-way line, or where a future right-of-way widening line has been established, the setback line shall be measured from such proposed right-of-way. Where pump islands are constructed perpendicular to the right-of-way line; however, the pumps shall be at least 60 feet from the right-of-way.

(5)

Off-street parking. A minimum of two off-street parking spaces are required with an additional off-street parking space to provide extra parking for each lubrication and wash bay.

(6)

Other site improvements. In addition to the above requirements, the proposed use shall comply with the following additional site improvements:

a.

A raised curb of at least six inches in height shall be erected along the street property lines, except for driveway openings.

b.

A solid fence or wall six feet in height shall be erected along all adjacent property lines facing any adjacent residential lot.

c.

Exterior lighting shall be arranged so that it is deflected away from adjacent properties. The planning commission may require the use of special shielding to satisfy this requirement.

d.

Signs, whether permanent or temporary, shall not be placed within the public right-of-way and shall be arranged so that they do not obstruct visibility for drivers or pedestrians.

e.

All drives, parking storage, and service areas shall be paved and curbed and a good stand of grass shall be maintained on the remainder of the lot.

f.

The planning commission may require reserved and designated areas for emergency vehicle access, if the shape of the lot or arrangement/placement of structures and/or off-street parking areas could obstruct access by emergency vehicles.

(7)

Storage of flammable or explosive materials. All above ground tanks for the storage of gasoline, liquefied petroleum gas, oil or other inflammable liquids or gases shall be prohibited at any automobile service station. All automobile service stations shall comply with the applicable requirements contained in section 44-108 of this article.

(Ord. of 3-23-99, Art. VI, § 7)