The following regulations shall apply to Automobile Filling Stations and Automobile or Vehicle Service Stations, including tire, battery, muffler and undercoating shops:
(a) The minimum lot area shall be fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet for automobile filling stations and twelve thousand (12,000) square feet for automobile service stations. Gasoline service stations with repair facilities shall provide access to such repair facilities from the rear yard only. All such facilities shall not be located within five hundred (500) feet of places of public assembly.
(b) The curb cuts 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 twenty-five (25) feet from a street intersection (measured from the road right-of-way) or from any residentially zoned districts. Drives shall be no less than twenty (20) feet wide, nor wider than thirty (30) feet at the right-of-way line. No more than one (1) such drive or curb opening shall be permitted for every seventy-five (75) feet of frontage along any street.
(c) Quick oil change facilities shall provide off-street waiting spaces equal to three (3) times the number of oil change stalls for automobiles awaiting entrance. Each off-street waiting space shall be ten (10) feet wide by twenty (20) feet long.
(d) The entire lot, excluding areas occupied by landscaping and building, shall be hard- surfaced with concrete or plant-mixed bituminous material. Curbs of at least six (6) inches in height shall be installed around the perimeter of all surfaced areas.
(e) All lubrication equipment, automobile wash equipment, hoists, and pits shall be enclosed entirely within a building. All gasoline pumps shall be located not less than fifteen (15) feet from any lot line.
(f) The storage, sale, or rental of new or used cars, trucks, trailers, and any other vehicles on the premises is prohibited. Inoperable, wrecked or partially dismantled vehicles shall not be stored or parked outside for a period exceeding two (2) days.
(Ord. 1166. Passed 9-24-01.)