Additional requirements for gasoline service stations.
(a) Minimum lot area: 15,000 square feet for a station with or without, but not more than one, service bay; 5,000 additional square feet for each additional service bay.
(b) Pump islands: Gasoline pumps shall be located no closer than twenty feet to a property line.
(c) Permitted accessory uses: Accessory uses, including but not limited to trailer rental, vehicle rental, and storage of vehicles or trailers shall be permitted only if all the following standards are satisfied:
(1) No accessory use shall be permitted within 100 feet of a property line that is adjacent to a residential use or district.
(2) No accessory use shall occupy more than twenty percent (20%) of the lot area.
(3) No accessory use shall be located in the front yard area or within a side yard area which abuts a street.
(4) No accessory use shall be located within twenty-five feet of a gasoline pump island.
(d) Maximum height: Thirty feet.
(e) Parking of inoperable motor vehicles: No inoperable or damaged motor vehicle or inoperable motorized equipment shall be parked outside a service station building in excess of seventy-two hours.
(f) Service Station Abandonment: Upon abandonment of a service station the City Fire Chief shall require that all environmental issues must be addressed including submission of a ‘certificate of abandonment approval in compliance with the Bureau of Underground Storage Tank Removal guidelines’ from the Fire Marshall of the State of Ohio in duplicate with one copy for records of the City Fire Chief and one copy for records of the City Engineering Department.
(Ord. 2005-34. Passed 12-12-05.)