Cranston City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 17
48 GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS
§ 17.48.010 Gasoline service stations.
A.
Generally. Any gasoline service station, filling station, in any district shall conform at least to the following regulations. Where the intensity regulations for any district in which a gasoline service station is located are more restricting than the regulations contained hereinafter, all gasoline service stations or filling stations shall conform to the more restrictive dimensional requirements.
B.
Frontage and Area. Every gasoline service station shall have a minimum frontage of one hundred twenty (120) feet and a minimum area of twelve thousand (12,000) square feet.
C.
Setbacks. Every structure erected for use as a gasoline service station shall have a minimum setback from the street right of way of forty (40) feet and a minimum setback from all property lines of ten (10) feet. Pump islands shall be permitted in front yard and set back a minimum of fifteen (15) feet from all property lines.
D.
Construction Standards. All vehicle service areas shall be constructed to conform to the following standards:
1.
Suitable separation shall be made between the pedestrian sidewalk and the vehicular parking or moving area with the use of appropriate bumper, wheel guards or traffic islands. Where the portion of the property used for vehicular traffic abuts a street, such portion shall be separated from the street line by a curb at least six inches high.
2.
The entire area used for vehicle service shall be paved, except for such unpaved area as is landscaped and protected from vehicle use by a low barrier.
3.
Hydraulic hoist, pits, lubricating, greasing, washing and repair equipment shall be entirely enclosed within a building. Tire and battery service and minor automobile repair, excluding automobile body repair and painting may be carried out within the premises.
4.
The maximum widths of all driveways at the sidewalk shall be thirty (30) feet.
5.
Minimum angle of driveway intersection with the street from the curb line to lot line shall be sixty (60) degrees.
6.
The distance of any driveway from any property line shall be at least twenty (20) feet.
7.
The distance between curb cuts shall be no less than forty (40) feet.
E.
Wall Next to Residential Use. A wall or evergreen screening offence five feet high shall be erected along all property lines abutting residential use.
(Prior code § 30-18(j))