Council hereby determines that it is necessary, in order to provide for the health, safety and welfare of the people of the City, to establish uniform rules for the location, equipment and operation of gas stations in the City and to regulate the same, including their number. After extensive hearings, a review of complaints and a complete study, the following determinations were made:
(a) That the operation of gas stations is in need of regulation in order to ensure the quiet, peaceful enjoyment of the areas adjacent to such stations by the residents of the City;
(b) That the unrestricted and unregulated operation of gas stations can lead to abuse and to the creation of a nuisance;
(c) That the regulation of the location, the construction, the activities and the equipment of gas stations are necessary in order to compromise the conflict which can arise between the operation of such business and the enjoyment of the adjacent residential areas; and
(d) That among other things, the noise and traffic problems occasioned by the constant ingress and egress of motor vehicles, the lights, vibration, dust, danger of fire and/or explosions, and the necessity of curb cuts incidental to the operation of gas stations, are factors peculiar to such business which warrant its being the subject of regulations as set forth in this chapter.
(Ord. 59. Passed 3-16-82.)