(A) The minimum lot or parcel size shall be 10,000 square feet.
(B) The lot to be built upon shall be located on a street designated as a major or secondary thoroughfare and all means of vehicular ingress and egress shall be located on a major or secondary thoroughfare, not from an adjoining residential street or alley. A residential street or alley shall not be used as a maneuvering or parking area for vehicles using the facility.
(C) All portions of each area designed or used for the washing of motor vehicles shall be located a minimum of 25 feet from the boundaries of residential zoning districts.
(D) A hard surfaced driveway of one or more lanes shall be constructed on the property in such manner as to provide for a continuous movement of vehicles into the wash-rack.
(1) The driveway so provided shall not be less than ten feet wide for a single land and not less than ten additional feet in width for each additional lane.
(2) Where only a single lane is provided it shall be used for no other purpose than to provide access to the wash-rack. All lanes provided shall be suitably protected from incursions of other traffic.
(3) The total length of the required lane or lanes so provided shall be determined by the overall length of the wash line, measured from the point that washing or cleaning begins, to the end of the washing or drying operation. In any development where the washing operation moves in other than a straight line, the length of the building or wash line for purposes of this section shall be the distance measured along the center line of the conveyor or wash line. The greater of the above measurements shall be used in the determination of the length of the required lane or lanes. The overall length of the required lane or lanes, as measured along the center line, shall be determined in accordance with the following formula: where the building or total length of all wash lines is 80 feet or less in overall length, the total required lane or lanes exclusive of the wash line shall be not less than 200 feet in length. Where the building or total length of all wash lines exceed 80 feet in length, the length of the required lane or lanes exclusive of the wash line shall be increased 20 feet for each 10 feet or fraction thereof by which the building or wash lines exceed 80 feet in overall length.
(E) A barrier, a minimum of 18 inches in height, shall be constructed and maintained on all lot lines except where openings are needed to provide for permanent means of access and except where the above required masonry wall is constructed on the lot line.
(F) The operating equipment shall be located or buffered so as to lessen noise.
(G) Permitted hours of operation shall be from 7:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m.
(H) There shall be no above-ground storage/dispensing tanks on the site.
(I) All washing activities shall be conducted within an enclosed structure, except for one designated tall vehicle washing area.
(J) Vacuuming activities shall be at least 25 feet from any lot line except where the property abuts a residential zoning district in which case a 50-foot separation shall be maintained.
(K) All drains shall be connected to a public sanitary sewer system.
(L) Such uses shall be graded and drained on conformance with the requirements of the city plumbing code so as to dispose of all surface water accumulation within the parking area.
(Ord. 792, passed 12-3-01)