(a) The minimum lot size shall be 20,000 square feet.
(b) The minimum lot width shall be 100 feet.
(c) When permitted in the subject zoning district, Automobile fueling/recharging uses are permitted as an additional principal use on lots when said lots are at least 30,000 square feet in size and activities comply fully with Section 1296.28 - Automobile Fueling/Recharging Stations - of this Code.
(d) The use of the site shall be restricted to those functions relating to the servicing and maintenance of automotive vehicles. The use of the site for nonautomotive service and maintenance functions, such as used car sales, trailer rental and the like, shall be prohibited
(e) Outdoor display of merchandise on the site shall be restricted to the following:
(1) Small supplies at the pump island of lubricating oils, additives, antifreeze, windshield wiper blades and similar items.
(2) Tire displays and vending machines if located within or immediately adjacent to the perimeter of the service station building.
All other merchandise shall be located completely within the enclosed service station building.
(f) All hydraulic hoists, oil pits, lubricants and greasing, automobile washing and repair equipment shall be enclosed entirely within a building.
(g) All structures shall be located at least fifty feet from any residentially-used or zoned property.
(h) Landscaping, Screening and Buffering.
(1) Where the proposed use abuts a residentially-zoned or used property, a landscaped buffer at least twenty-five feet wide shall be created along the entire length of the property for screening and buffering purposes. This bufferyard shall contain a solid fence or masonry wall at least six feet in height and a dense planting of Group A and C trees (minimum seventy percent Group C).
(2) Where the proposed use abuts and office or service district or use, a landscaped buffer at least fifteen feet wide shall be created along the entire length of the lot for screening and buffering purposes. This buffer shall contain a dense planting of Group A and C trees (minimum seventy percent Group C trees).
(3) The use of slatted chain-link fences is prohibited.
(i) Lighting.
(1) No lighting shall constitute a nuisance or in any way impair the safe movement of traffic on any street or right-of-way, and no lighting shall shine or directly illuminate adjacent properties.
(2) The source of illumination in all parking lots located adjacent to a residential zoning district or use shall be located no higher than sixteen feet above the parking lot surface.
(3) All non-decorative lighting shall be fully cut-off fixtures that do not emit light rays above the horizontal plane, as certified by a photometric test report.
(4) Light bands around rooflines and/or windows or light sources within buildings and structures intended to project outwards shall incorporate automatic dimming technology that dims the light source as the ambient light levels decrease.
(j) Ingress and egress drives shall not be more than thirty feet as measured at the property line.
(k) External areas for storage of rubbish and other discarded materials shall be completely screened using a properly maintained rigid fence (slatted chain-link fences are prohibited).
(l) No more than one curb opening shall be permitted for every 100 feet of frontage (or major fraction thereof) along any street, with a maximum of two per frontage.
(m) Driveways opening on traffic lanes leading to the intersection at which the business is situated shall be located as to provide not less than forty feet spacing between the intersection formed by the adjacent street right-of-way lines and the nearest side of such driveway. Driveways opening on traffic lanes leading away from the intersection shall be located so as to provide no less than twenty feet spacing between the intersection formed by the adjacent street right-of-way lines and the nearest side of such driveways, measured along the right-of-way line.
(Ord. 6698. Passed 1-16-18; Ord. 6774. Passed 4-2-19.)