1171.08 DRIVEWAYS.

   All plans for access and egress to automobile service stations and filling stations shall be approved by the Building Commissioner who shall ascertain that the driveway or driveways used to provide accessibility to these uses shall be located and arranged to minimize traffic congestion in conformity with the following minimum requirements:

   (a)    Lot With a Frontage of 150 Feet or Less. Not more than one driveway shall be permitted on a lot of land with a frontage of 150 feet or less, such driveway to have a maximum curb cut width of forty feet.

   (b)    Lot With a Frontage in Excess of 150 Feet. Each lot with a frontage in excess of 150 feet may have two driveways, provided that they are so located and constructed as to provide safety to the pedestrians and to the motorists using such property, and subject to the following:

      (1)    If the centerline of the driveway is at right angles to the property line, there shall be a minimum of thirty feet of unbroken curb between driveways and a minimum driveway radii of six feet.

      (2)    If the centerline of the driveway is at other than right angles to the property line, there shall be a minimum of thirty feet of unbroken curb between the driveways, and the acute angle radius shall be not less than three feet and there shall be a minimum of sixteen feet between the inside lines of the driveways at the property line.

      (3)    There must be a minimum of thirty feet of unbroken curb between successive driveways on the same or adjoining land uses.

   (c)    Lot With a Frontage in Excess of 180 Feet. Each lot with a frontage in excess of 180 feet may be permitted a divided driveway, in lieu of the two driveways as regulated in subsection (b) hereof, provided that the median strip of such divided driveway between each roadway is at least six feet in width and each roadway is not less than twenty-four feet in width, nor more than thirty feet in width, and provided further that the total width of any divided driveway is not in excess of sixty-six feet in width.

   (d)    General Standards. Except as provided for herein, the following general standards shall apply:

      (1)    The maximum width of each curb shall be forty feet, measured at right angles to the angle of the driveway entrance.

      (2)    In all cases, the minimum distance of driveways from street intersections shall be thirty feet, measured from the nearest side of the driveway to the nearest right-of-way line of the intersecting street.

         (Ord. 72-13. Passed 7-11-72.)

      (3)    Each underground gasoline storage tank and pumping system shall be tested in compliance with the National Fire Protection Association Standard No. 30 and shall be tested with Kulhman tester and such test shall prove the system to be tight and free from leaks and shall be so certified by a testing company prior to operation of the filling station. (Ord. 81-32. Passed 5-5-81.)

   (e)    Rental Trailers. If rental trailers are stored on the premises, as provided for or regulated in this Zoning Code, a minimum lot area of 12,000 square feet shall be devoted exclusively to the service station use, and there shall be provided, behind the main or principal building or structure, an additional structure for the storage of rental trailers on such premises, subject to such fence, wall, landscaping or other provisions as may be deemed necessary and desirable by the Architectural Board of Review.

   (f)    Parking of Vehicles. No vehicles shall be parked within the required front yard of any automobile service station or filling station, except for those vehicles actually being served at the pump island in which are located the operating gasoline pumps, provided that no person who is the operator of a service station or filling station or any employee of such person shall permit any vehicle, not owned by such person or employee, to stand out of doors on such property for more than twenty-four hours.

      (Ord. 72-13. Passed 7-11-72.)