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Elmer City Zoning Code

§ 25-19.3

Service Stations.

[Ord. No. 79-4 § 3.15]
a. 
Information Required for Site Plan. In addition to the general site plan requirements of Article IV, the site plan submitted for a gasoline service station or repair garage shall include the following information:
1. 
The actual floor space and/or ground area to be devoted to or used for motor vehicle storage.
2. 
The number and location of fuel tanks to be installed, the dimensions and capacity of each storage tank, the depth the tanks will be placed below ground, and the number and location of dispensers to be installed.
3. 
The type and location of all principal and accessory structures to be constructed.
4. 
The location of any church, hospital, theater, library, public playground, athletic field, public or parochial school, firehouse, municipal building, existing service station or public garage or any other public or other building in which the public gathers within 1,000 feet of the proposed structure or use.
b. 
Location Requirements.
1. 
No public garage or gasoline service station shall be located within 400 feet of any church, hospital, theater, library, public playground, athletic field, public or parochial school, firehouse, municipal building or any public or other building in which the public gathers.
2. 
No public garage or service station shall be within 200 feet of an existing public garage or gasoline service station.
3. 
The measurements contained herein shall be made between the two nearest points of the building structures and not between lot lines, provided, however, that the measurements between the public garage or gasoline service station shall be made between the nearest point of the structure and the nearest lot line of any athletic field or public playground. The term structure as used herein shall include accessory structures such as dispensers and measurements contained herein shall be made between uses on the same or opposite side of the street.
c. 
Design Standards.
1. 
All gasoline service stations having no more than three dispensing pumps shall have a minimum frontage of 150 feet. There shall be an additional 25 feet of frontage provided for every three additional pumps or fraction thereof.
2. 
All gasoline pumps shall be located not less than 35 feet from any street or property line.
3. 
All fuel tanks shall be installed underground and shall be located at least 35 feet from any street or property lines.
4. 
The site shall be properly screened and landscaped in accordance with the site plan review requirements.
5. 
Any building to be erected for use as a gasoline service station or public garage or in connection therewith shall be of masonry construction exclusive of ornamentation and roof.
d. 
Standards for Operation.
1. 
No gasoline service station or public garage shall accumulate or store any used parts or tires, whether for sale, storage or waste, on any portion of the premises, unless in the permanently enclosed building.
2. 
All drainage, refuse, grease drippings, oily rags or other greasy or oily material shall be kept enclosed in metal containers approved by fire underwriters for disposal.
3. 
Any repair of motor vehicles shall be performed in a fully enclosed building and no motor vehicle parts, or partially dismantled vehicles shall be stored outside an enclosed building.