Motor vehicle service stations, motor vehicle service garages and car washes located in General Retail Business Districts shall be established and maintained in accordance with the following provisions. These regulations shall also be considered by the Board of Zoning Appeals in hearing zoning variance applications for alterations to such uses or variances to establishment of such uses as nonconforming uses in other Business Districts.
(a) Location With Respect to Zoning Districts. No motor vehicle service station, motor vehicle service garage or car wash shall be located on a parcel that is within one hundred (100) feet of a Residence District unless the following conditions are met:
(1) A solid board-on-board wood fence or brick or stone wall at least six (6) feet in height is placed along any property line abutting a Residence District, in addition to any otherwise required landscaping;
(2) No motor vehicle repair activity occurs within ten (10) feet of a Residence District;
(3) No service bay or garage door is oriented toward a Residence District.
(b) Location With Respect to Streets. No service station shall be located on a “mid-block” property except if located on a street with a right-of-way that is at least eighty (80) feet wide. A “mid-block” property is any property other than a corner property, which is a property located at the intersection of two (2) streets.
(c) Hours of Operation. No motor vehicle repairs shall be performed before 7:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m.
(d) Number and Orientation of Service Bays. A motor vehicle service garage or service station shall include no more than four (4) service bays. For corner properties, such service bays shall be oriented to a street characterized by commercial or industrial uses as opposed to residential or local retail uses, if one (1) or more of the abutting streets can be so characterized. The Department of Building and Housing may consult the City Planning Commission in making such determinations.
(e) Outdoor Storage of Materials. All tires, barrels, discarded auto parts, and other outdoor storage of materials used or sold on the premises must be screened from view from adjacent properties and streets by a “screen barrier” as required in Section 352.10.
(f) Outdoor Storage of Vehicles. No commercial tractor, trailer or semi-trailer, except trailers designed to be pulled by passenger automobiles, may be parked on the premises of a motor vehicle service station or service garage for more than four (4) hours within any twenty-four (24) hour period, except in case of emergency. Not more than four (4) customer vehicles may be stored overnight in an outdoor location on the premises of a motor vehicle service station or service garage. A vehicle that is not in working order shall not be stored on such premises for more than forty-eight (48) hours.
(g) Location of Fuel Pumps. Fuel pumps at motor vehicle service stations may be located in a required yard but shall be set back at least fifteen (15) feet from any street right-of-way line and any property line.
(Ord. No. 729-09. Passed 7-1-09, eff. 7-8-09)