§ 6.11.89. Service Stations

A.

Location of Canopies and Gasoline Pump Islands.

The canopies provided over the pump islands at gas stations and service stations shall meet the yard requirements of a principal structure. However, if the following requirements can be met, the canopy may intrude a limited amount into a front yard:

1.

The outside edge of the canopy may intrude up to ten feet into the required front yard as measured from the rear of the required front yard.

2.

Pump islands, their surrounding structures and the canopy support structures may encroach up to ten feet into the required front yard provided that traffic movements between the pump island and the street right-of-way are restricted to one-way.

3.

Neither the canopy nor the pump islands shall block visibility at intersections of rights-of-way or drives.

B.

All repair services shall be performed within a completely enclosed building.

C.

No more than three vehicle parking spaces per service bay plus one space per employee shall be permitted.

D.

All storage of vehicles awaiting needed parts shall be within the building or completely screened from off-site view in a yard.

E.

All damaged or nonoperable parts shall be stored indoors until removed from the premises.

F.

A service station shall store all vehicle parts within a completely enclosed building.

G.

Where the use abuts residentially zoned property, a minimum 20 foot buffer shall be provided. Said buffer shall include a masonry wall, six feet in height and architecturally finished on both sides, and a row of evergreen trees, excluding exempted trees, which are not less than six feet high at the time of planting and are spaced not more than 20 feet apart. No more than ten feet of the width of said 20-foot buffer shall be utilized as a retention area.

H.

All service stations abutting residentially zoned property shall use the same architectural materials (excluding windows) on all sides of the building.

I.

All outdoor lighting shall be directional and shall not shine directly onto adjacent properties.

(Ord. No. 02-13, § 2, 8-1-02)