In addition to the standards of Section 1117.28, Fuel/Recharging Station requirements are as follows:
(a) Fuel/Recharging Stations shall be at least fifty (50) feet away from any R district and further provide that no entrance or exit shall be within two hundred (200) feet along the same side of a street of any school, public playground, church, hospital, or public library except where the lot for such use is in another block or on another street which the lot in question does not abut.
(b) The principal fuel/recharging station building shall comply with the requirements of this chapter and shall be designed so that one side of the building can be considered the rear where loading, dumpster, storage, and similar activities can occur.
(c) All vehicle entrances shall be at least fifty (50) feet from any street intersection.
(d) Canopies for fuel/recharging stations shall comply with the following:
(1) The cladding of the canopy columns shall be proportioned to the height and scale of the canopy.
(2) All canopy downspouts and related hardware shall be integrated into the canopy structure.
(3) The canopy structure shall relate to the main component of the principal fuel/recharging station building with respect to materials, massing, and overall design.
(4) Fascias of the canopy shall be finished to match the principal fuel recharging station building material and color.
(5) Lighting luminaries mounted under the canopy structures shall be shielded such that the lamp source is not visible and glare is not created.
(e) Fuel/Recharging station property shall provide the following landscaping and screening:
(1) Along the rear property line, there shall be a six (6) foot high opaque fence with a six (6) foot wide buffer containing one (1) shrub/tree with a minimum mature height of five (5) feet planted every four (4) linear feet and one (1) deciduous shade tree per thirty (30) linear feet.
(2) Setback twenty feet from the public right-of-way along the side property line, there shall be a six (6) foot high opaque fence with a six (6) foot wide buffer containing one (1) shrub/tree with a minimum mature height of five (5) feet planted every four (4) linear feet and one (1) deciduous shade tree per thirty (30) linear feet.
(3) Along the public-right-of-way, there shall be either a four (4) foot high solid masonry or stone wall or a four (4) foot high decorative fence with a minimum three (3) foot wide landscaping buffer planted with six (6) evergreen shrubs and one (1) deciduous shade tree per thirty (30) feet of frontage.
(4) All landscaping shall be maintained in good condition; dead material shall be replaced.
(f) Fuel pumps and recharging stations shall comply with the following requirements:
(1) All fuel pumps and recharging centers shall be located behind principal fuel/recharging station building and setback thirty (30) feet from the public right-of-way. Fuel pumps and recharging station shall not be located between the principal gas station building and the public right-of-way. At corner locations, this requirement may be met by placing the principal gas station building at the corner.
(2) Fuel pumps and charging stations shall be setback ten (10) feet from the rear and side property line.
(3) Where a fuel/recharging station property adjoins a residential use, the fuel pumps and charging station shall be setback twenty (20) feet from the rear and side property lines.
(g) Kiosk type fuel/recharging stations shall be prohibited. Kiosk type fuel recharging stations are defined as an ancillary structure inaccessible to the customer from which an attendant monitors the pumps and sells fuel, sundries, and other items.
(Ord. 8-2013. Passed 2-26-13.)