In order to regulate and control the problems of noise, odor, light, fumes, vibration, dust, danger of fire and explosion, and traffic congestion which result from the unrestricted and unregulated construction and operations of automobile service stations, and to regulate and control the adverse affects which these and other problems incidental to the automobile service station may exercise upon adjacent and surrounding areas, the following additional regulations and requirements are provided herein for automobile service stations located in any zone. All automobile service stations erected after the effective date of this Zoning Code, as amended, shall comply with all requirements of this section. No automobile service station existing on the effective date of this Zoning Code, as amended, shall be structurally altered so as to provide a lesser degree of conformity with the provisions of this section than existed on the effective date of this Zoning Code, as amended.
(a) An automobile service station shall be located on a lot having a frontage along the principal street of not less than 140 feet, and having a minimum area of not less than 14,000 square feet.
(b) An automobile service station building housing a garage, office and/or facilities for servicing, greasing and/or washing motor vehicles shall be located not less than forty feet from any street right-of-way or interior lot line, and not less than twenty-five feet from any side or rear lot line adjoining a residentially zoned district.
(c) All driveways providing ingress to or egress from an automobile service station shall be not more than thirty feet wide at the lot line. No more than one curb opening shall be permitted for each fifty feet of frontage or major fraction thereof along any street. No driveway or curb opening shall be located nearer than twenty feet to any intersecting street right of way or adjacent residential property. No driveway shall be located nearer than thirty feet, as measured along the property line, to any other driveway giving access to or from the same automobile service station.
(d) A raised curb six inches in height shall be erected along all street lot lines, except for driveway openings.
(e) The entire lot, excluding the area occupied by a building, shall be hard-surfaced with concrete or a plant-mixed bituminous material, except desirable landscaped areas which shall be separated from all paved ares by a low barrier or curb.
(f) All lubrication equipment, motor vehicle washing equipment, hydraulic hoists and pits shall be enclosed entirely within a building. All gasoline pumps shall be located not less than twenty feet from any lot line, and shall be arranged so that major vehicles shall not be supplied with gasoline or serviced while parked upon or overhanging any public sidewalk, street or right of way.
(g) An automobile service station shall include not more than four double gasoline pumps or eight single gasoline pumps and three enclosed stalls for servicing, lubricating, greasing and/or washing motor vehicles.
(h) Where an automobile service station adjoins property located in any residential zone, a solid masonry wall five feet in height shall be erected and maintained along the lot line adjoining the residential zone, or, if separated from the residential zone by an alley, then along the alley lot line. In addition, all outside trash areas of used tires, auto parts and other items shall be enclosed on all sides by said five-foot masonry wall. All masonry walls shall be protected by a fixed curb or barrier to prevent vehicles from contacting the wall. Walls shall be gradually reduced in height (e.g. stepped down) within twenty-five feet of any street right of way.
(i) All exterior lighting, including illuminated signs, shall be erected and hooded or shielded so as to be deflected away from adjacent and neighboring property. Electrified signs of any sort are prohibited on an automobile service station building or property.
(j) No automobile service station or public garage shall be located nearer than 500 feet, as measured from any point on the property line, to any point on the property line of any public or private school or playground.
(k) Outdoor storage or parking of vehicles other than private automobiles shall be prohibited between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. of the following day. There shall be no equipment or vehicle rental or sale operations conducted on the premises.
(Ord. 101. Passed 2-20-70.)