(a) Gasoline service stations shall conform to all setback requirements of the district in which they are permitted except that gasoline pump islands need not conform to the building setback lines but shall be setback from all road right-of-way lines at least twenty-five feet. Lubrication, washing and other incidental servicing of motor vehicles and all supply and merchandise storage shall be completely within an enclosed building except as provided elsewhere herein. Lighting, including permitted illuminated signs, shall be arranged so as not to reflect or cause glare that would constitute a nuisance to any residential district or hazard to traffic on any public thoroughfare. Ingress and egress driveways shall be limited to two, shall not exceed thirty feet each in width, shall be separated from the intersection of any two road right-of-way lines by at least forty feet and from the intersection of any other property line with any road right-of-way line by at least ten feet. At least a six inch high pedestrian curb shall be installed where any service areas adjoin any road right-of-way lines, except at driveway approaches.
(b) Employee vehicles and vehicles awaiting servicing or return to customers following servicing shall be parked in areas indicated for such parking on the approved site plan. Such parking areas shall not be closer than fifty feet to any road right-of-way.
(c) Not more than eight square feet of ground area may be used for the outdoor storage of discarded materials, automobile parts, scrap and other waste prior to their collection and subsequent disposal. Such storage areas shall be completely obscured from view from any point off the site by a masonry wall not less than five feet in height. Such storage area shall not be located between the principal building and any road right-of-way line and shall be made structurally a part of the principal building or shall be located a distance from the principal building not greater than ten feet.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this or other sections relating to development of gasoline service stations, no signs, product displays, parked vehicles or other obstructions which adversely affect visibility of intersections or at station driveways shall be permitted.
(e) The rental and storage of utility trailers and trucks offered for rent shall be permitted in conjunction with an automobile service station upon compliance with the following conditions:
(1) Storage areas for rental trailers and trucks shall conform to all building setback lines;
(2) Storage areas shall be screened from any abutting land zoned for residential purposes by fencing and/or landscaping in accordance with provisions of Section 1135.06;
(3) Storage areas shall be clearly separated from, and shall not interfere with areas approved on the site plan for vehicular circulation, automobile servicing and vehicular parking areas necessary and incidental to the primary purpose of the gasoline service station operation; and
(4) Storage areas shall be permitted only on paved portions of the site.
(Ord. 1994-107. Passed 11-28-94.)