Automobile fueling and/or recharging stations are permitted in certain zoning districts subject to the following standards and conditions:
(a) The minimum lot size shall be 20,000 square feet.
(b) When permitted in the subject zoning district, automobile service station (not repair garage) uses are permitted as an additional principal use on lots with a minimum lot area of 30,000 square feet and said activities must comply fully with Section 1296.19 - Automobile Service Stations and Repair Garages - of this Code.
(c) The minimum lot width shall be 100 feet.
(d) The use of the site shall be restricted to those functions relating to the fueling and/or recharging of automobiles and any accessory convenience store uses. For automobile service stations or repair garages, refer to Section 1296.19. If the proposed use is to include automobile fueling and/or recharging plus automobile service or repair uses (when permitted in the applicable zoning district), the minimum lot area must be 30,000 square feet and the use must meet all the standards of this section as well as Section 1296.19.
(e) Outdoor activities on the site shall be restricted to the following:
(1) The display of merchandise in the form of small supplies at the pump island of lubricating oils, additives, antifreeze, windshield wiper blades and similar items.
(2) The placement of vending machines if located within or immediately adjacent to the perimeter of the principal building. All other merchandise shall be located completely within the enclosed service station building.
(3) Accessory car washing within an enclosed building provided that said facilities are in full compliance with Section 1296.13 - Vehicle Wash Establishments.
(f) All principal structures and pump islands shall be setback at least 50 feet from any residentially zoned or used property.
(g) Landscaping, Screening and Buffering.
(1) Where the proposed use abuts a residentially-zoned or used property, a landscaped buffer at least 25 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 70% Group C).
(2) Where the proposed use abuts an office or service district or use, a landscaped buffer at least ten 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 70% Group C trees).
(3) The use of slatted chain-link fences is prohibited.
(h) 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) Light sources shall meet the requirements of Section 1291.07 of this Code.
(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.
(i) Such establishments shall provide litter receptacles of an appropriate number and location to adequately handle the volume and frequency of trash generated by customers.
(j) Ingress and egress drives shall not be more than 40 feet as measured at the property line.
(k) 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.
(l) Driveways opening on traffic lanes leading to the intersection at which the business is situated shall be located as to provide not less than 40 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 20 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. 6845. Passed 7-21-20; Ord. 6857. Passed 6-2-20.)