Edison City Zoning Code
§ 37-21.5
Conditional Uses.
[1999 Code § 17.44.050; Ord. No. O.1653-2008]
a.
Conditional Uses in a GB-H Zone Only.
1.
An area of land, including structures, that is used for the retail sale and direct delivery to motor vehicles of gasoline and lubricating oil and the making of minor repairs, but not auto body work, welding or painting nor any repair work in the open. Such use shall be subject to the following regulations:
(a)
No part of any automobile filling station may be used for residence or sleeping purposes except by a watchman.
(b)
No part of any entrance to or exit from any filling station which is capable of accommodating more than five (5) vehicles shall be connected with a public street within one hundred fifty (150) feet of any entrance or exit of a theater, auditorium, church, hospital, school, college, institution for dependents or children, park, playground, library, museum or other similar place of public assembly.
(c)
No part of any building used as an automobile service station and no filling pumps, car lifts, greasing mechanisms or other service appliances used to service or supply motor vehicles shall be erected within fifty (50) feet of any boundary line of any residential zone. All such car lifts and greasing mechanisms shall be located within an enclosed building.
(d)
No gasoline or oil pump and no other service appliances installed for use in connection with any automobile service station shall be so installed or located within thirty-five (35) feet of any lot line.
(e)
No building used as an automobile service station shall be located within twenty-five (25) feet of any lot line.
(f)
No automobile service station shall store out of doors, in a side or front yard, wrecked, damaged or disassembled (either whole or in part) vehicles, boats or used automotive or marine parts, or used supplies or materials thereof. Any storage areas located in a rear yard shall be screened so that no stored vehicle or article shall be visible from the front, side or rear premises or to any adjacent premises, and further provided that no overnight parking at service stations shall be permitted within one hundred (100) feet of a residential zone.
(g)
No automobile service station shall be permitted an outdoor display storage or parking of any new or used vehicles within the distance of the required minimum front yard, except such temporary parking as may be necessary in connection with the immediate servicing of customers' vehicles.
(h)
All outside lighting or electrified signs on such premises shall be so shielded as to prevent glare, whether reflected or not, from any source detectable beyond the boundaries of the premises and shall not obstruct site distances at intersections nor present safety hazards to traffic.
(i)
No more than three (3) vehicles for rent or lease shall be stored at any one (1) time at a service station;
2.
Car wash, subject to the following:
(a)
Recognizing that the principal building used in a car wash is generally of uniform design allowing for one (1) or two (2) bays and office and storage areas, no such principal building, when permitted, shall be built and used unless it has a minimum of two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet and a maximum of twenty (20%) percent of land area.
(b)
Such use shall provide adequate stacking area for a minimum of twenty-five (25) cars per bay or washing aisle. The stacking system shall in no way hinder or impair normal traffic flow on roads or traffic flow on adjoining property.
(c)
No such use shall be located on a tract of land of less than one (1) acre in size.
3.
Drive-through Restaurants. Drive-through restaurant, with or without drive-in or drive-through windows, or other appurtenances designed or used to serve food to customers outside the principal building, as part of the shopping center. The drive-through restaurant may be located either in a building with other uses or in a separate building. The following criteria shall be met in order to create a drive-through restaurant:
(a)
The shopping center site shall contain a minimum of twenty-five (25) acres,
(b)
The shopping center site shall have a minimum of one thousand (1,000) feet of frontage on a major arterial State highway,
(c)
The shopping center shall have a minimum single-story gross area of two hundred thousand (200,000) square feet,
(d)
The shopping center shall have a total of at least one thousand (1,000) at-grade parking spaces.
4.
Village Center. This conditional use would apply only to those properties currently zoned G-BH which have a minimum frontage of six hundred fifty (650) feet along the Route 27 right-of-way, subject to compliance with all of the following additional conditions:
(a)
Permitted uses within a "Village Center" include all permitted uses in the G-BH zone district, excluding new and used automobile dealerships and motels.
(b)
Permitted accessory uses within a "Village Center" include all permitted accessory uses in the G-BH zone district.
(d)
On-site parking shall be required at a rate of one (1) space per two hundred fifty (250) square feet of floor area.
(e)
Pedestrian connectivity between buildings.
b.
Conditional Uses in G-B and G-BH Zones.
2.
Drive-in restaurant, provided that:
(a)
No such use shall be located on a lot of less than one (1) acre in size.
(b)
No drive-in or drive-through windows or other appurtenances designed or used to serve food to customers outside the principal building shall be permitted.
(c)
No such use shall have a habitable floor area, as defined in the Township Uniform Construction Code, of less than five thousand five hundred (5,500) square feet.