Extracted standards
28 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lighting
- Canopy lighting maximum foot-candles12 foot-candles
Lighting for canopies for service stations and other similar uses shall not exceed an average of 12 foot-candles as measured at ground level at the inside of the outside edge of the canopy.
Noise
- Acoustical engineer report if abutting residential
If the facility is abutting property zoned for or used for residential use at the time of site plan review, the application must include a report by an acoustical engineer confirming that the facility has been designed to meet the requirements of section 78-130.2 of this chapter.
- No outdoor speaker or PA audible off-site
Such uses shall have no outdoor speaker or public-address system which is audible off-site.
Other
- Accessory usesAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. limited to servicing and retail sales of passenger vehicle products
Accessory uses shall not include vehicle or tool rental and shall be limited to the servicing and retail sales of products used primarily by passenger vehicles.
- Same architectural features on all sides
Buildings shall have the same architectural features on all sides; further, any garage door openings shall be located to the side or rear of the building and shall be screened so as not to be visible from the street frontage of the property, and shall be architecturally compatible with the building group or neighborhood with which it is associated.
- Max abandoned/wrecked/inoperable vehicles2 vehicles
No more than two abandoned, wrecked, or inoperable vehicles shall be parked on the site for a continuous period of 72 hours.
- Max days vehicle awaiting removal15 days
No vehicle shall be parked or stored that has been repaired and is awaiting removal for more than 15 consecutive days.
- Max vehicles stored outdoors overnight5 vehicles
Otherwise, no more than five vehicles shall be stored outdoors anywhere on the site overnight.
- Minimum distance from schools, daycareDay careSupervised care for children or adults during part of the day., residential250 ft
Such uses shall be located at least 250 feet from schools, daycare centers, residential uses, or undeveloped land in residential zoning districts.
- No display between structure and street
There shall be no display of other materials for sale between the principal structure and the street.
- No major repairs, dismantling, wrecking or sale of vehicles
The enterprise shall not be used for the performance of major repairs, dismantling, wrecking or sale of vehicles and shall not include any outdoor storage of vehicles.
- No outside storage or display of goods
There shall be no outside storage or display of goods offered for sale.
- No outside vehicle display or storage
There shall be no outside vehicle display or storage.
- No overnight storage outside building
Vehicles may not be stored on-site overnight unless they are stored within the building or buildings.
- No test drives on residential streets
Vehicles shall not be tested on residential streets.
- No vehicle parked as source of parts or for sale/lease
No vehicle shall be parked or stored as a source of parts, or park or store a vehicle for the purpose of sale or lease/rent.
- No vehicles on rooftops
There shall be no vehicle display on top of a building.
- Screening of vehicle parts and dismantled vehicles
All vehicle parts, dismantled vehicles, and similar materials shall be stored within an enclosed building or totally screened from view by a solid privacy fence.
- All vehicles repaired and stored within enclosed building
All vehicles shall be repaired and stored within an enclosed building.
- Self-service areas enclosed
A portion of the facility may be designed to allow customers to clean their own vehicles provided that all activity occurs within an enclosed building.
- Temporary outdoor storage max percentage of lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.25 pct
Temporary vehicle storage may be allowed in an outdoor storage area that shall be no larger than 25 percent of the total lot area. Such areas shall be located to the rear of the principal structure and be screened from offsite views.
- Used vehicle sales as principal use prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
The sale of used vehicles as a principal use is prohibited.
Accessory uses normally permitted within the applicable zoning district, including but not limited to coffee shops, shall be permitted as accessory uses to the facility.
- Circulation and access to prevent congestion
The operation and layout of the facility and the on-site traffic circulation shall be designed to prevent traffic congestion on abutting public streets.
- All equipment and activities enclosed
All equipment, supplies, and activities whether manual or automated, associated with this use shall be in a building(s) enclosed by walls, windows, and doors which may be open while the facility is in operation.
- Waste water reclaim percentage85 pct
At least 85 percent of the waste water generated by the facility must be reclaimed, and all of the waste water generated by the facility must be collected on the site and disposed of or discharged in a manner which meets the requirements of all applicable federal, state, and local laws.
Parking
- Minimum stacking spaces per wet wash bay14 spaces
A minimum of 14 stacking spaces per wet wash bay shall be provided outside the building on the site for vehicles waiting to enter the facility.
Setback
- Canopy setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property lines25 ft
Gasoline pumps and permanent canopies over gasoline pump islands that have supports located on the pump islands shall be set back a minimum of 25 feet from all property lines. No canopy shall extend over any required buffer or screening areas.
From the ordinance
All vehicle sales and service uses shall comply with all applicable standards in this chapter. In addition, the following standards shall apply: ...