(A) Major vehicle repair facilities offering repair for all vehicles whose external effects shall adversely extend beyond the property line.
(B) The curb cuts for ingress and egress shall not be permitted at such locations that will tend to create traffic hazards in the streets immediately adjacent thereto. Entrances shall be no less than 25 feet from a street intersection (measured from the road right-of-way) or from adjacent residential districts.
(C) The minimum lot area shall be 10,000 square feet and so arranged that ample space is available for motor vehicle parking and for vehicles awaiting service.
(D) No such use shall be located nearer than 500 feet from any church, public or private school, or playground, as measured from the property line.
(E) All driveways providing ingress to or egress from a filling or service station shall be not more than 30 feet wide at the property line. No more than one curb opening shall be permitted for each 50 feet of frontage or major fraction thereof along any street. No driveway or curb opening shall be located nearer than 25 feet to any corner or exterior lot line. No driveway shall be located nearer than 30 feet to any other driveway serving the site. The curb cuts for ingress and egress to a service station shall not be permitted at such locations that will tend to create traffic hazards in the streets immediately adjacent thereto.
(F) Separation shall be made between the pedestrian sidewalk and vehicular parking and maneuvering areas with the use of curbs, greenbelts or traffic islands. A raised curb of six inches in height shall be erected along all street lot lines, except for driveway openings.
(G) Vehicle sales shall not be permitted on the premises.
(H) All such uses erected after the effective date of this chapter shall comply with all requirements of this section and with the fire prevention code.
(I) Owners and operators of service stations or garages providing for the self-service dispensing of flammable liquids by persons other than the owner, lessee, tenant, agent, servant, or authorized employees shall comply with all applicable provisions of the BOCA Basic Building Code, the fire prevention code of the city, N.F.P.A.Standards, and the Michigan State Police Fire Marshal flammable liquid regulations. Wherever any conflict exists in the above codes, the stricter of the provisions shall apply.
(J) All lighting, including illuminated signs, shall be shielded from adjacent residential districts, and meet the provisions of § 155.076, Exterior lighting.
(Ord. 792, passed 12-3-01; Am. Ord. passed 2-20-17)