§ 17.24.090. Automobile service stations—Requirements—Restrictions.  


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  • A.

    Dimensional Requirements—Setbacks. Automobile service stations shall conform to the following dimensional requirements:

    1.

    The minimum lot area shall be twelve thousand square feet.

    2.

    The minimum frontage on a street shall be one hundred and twenty feet.

    3.

    The maximum width of driveways and sidewalk openings measured at the street lot line shall be thirty feet and the minimum shall be twenty feet.

    4.

    The minimum distance of driveways measured at lot line shall be as follows:

    a.

    From corner lot line, twenty feet.

    b.

    From interior side of lot line, ten feet.

    c.

    From other driveway on same lot, twenty feet.

    5.

    The minimum setback of any building from all street lot lines shall be forty feet.

    6.

    The minimum setback of gasoline pumps and service appliances shall be twenty-five feet from all street lines.

    7.

    A raised curb at least six inches in height shall be constructed along all street frontage except at driveway openings.

    8.

    No driveway to or from any filling station shall be within fifty feet (measured along the street line on that side of the street which such driveway would cross) of any public or private school, church, playground, hospital, public library or institution for dependents or children.

    B.

    Restrictions. Automobile service stations shall conform to the following characteristics:

    1.

    All illumination shall be shielded so as to not to shine on any adjacent property.

    2.

    All washing, lubricating and repairing shall be carried on inside the building.

    3.

    The area of the lot not landscaped shall be graded, surfaced with asphalt or other suitable material and drained to the extent necessary to prevent nuisances of erosion or excessive waterflow across public ways.

    4.

    Signs and other advertising devices shall conform to Chapter 17.32

    5.

    No automobile service station shall be used for residential purposes or for the rental, sales or leasing of vehicles, trailers or other merchandise.

(Prior code Ch. 24, § 64 (part))