It is the purpose of the B-AO Business-Automotive Oriented District to accommodate and encourage those business establishments offering accommodations, services and goods to the public. The Business-Automotive Oriented District is most appropriately located adjacent to freeway interchanges and the intersections of major thoroughfares.

(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)

   Principally permitted uses are as follows:

   A.   Automotive Filling Stations.

   B.   Automotive Repair and Service.

   C.   Automotive Sales.

   D.   Convenience Business.

   E.   Drive-In Facility.

   F.   Fast Food Restaurants.

   G.   Off-Premises Signs.

   H.    Restaurants.

   I.    Any other use determined by the Building Inspector to be of the same general character as the above permitted uses.

(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)

   Permitted accessory uses are as follows:

   A.   Any use customary and incidental to the permitted use.

   B.   Signs as regulated in Chapters 1173 and 1174.

   Accessory uses, other than signs and fences, shall be located in the rear yard only and located not closer than six (6) feet from any lot line and covering not more than thirty-five percent (35%) of the required rear yard.

(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)

   There are no conditionally permitted uses except cellular communication sites.

(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)

   The minimum lot area for properties in the B-AO Business-Automotive Oriented District shall be fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet, with a width of not less than one hundred twenty (120) feet.

(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)

   The minimum front yard setback for properties in the B-AO Business-Automotive Oriented District shall be not less than thirty-five (35) feet except for gas pump canopies, which shall be not less than five (5) feet from the property line.

(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)

   The minimum side yard setback for properties in the B-AO Business-Automotive Oriented District shall be as follows:

   A.   On corner lots, the minimum side yard setback shall be thirty-five (35) feet where abutting the street. The opposite side yard shall have a minimum side yard setback of fifteen (15) feet, except for gas pump canopies, which shall be no less than five (5) feet from the property line.

   B.   On a lot abutting any residential zoning district, there shall be a side yard, abutting such residential district, of not less than fifteen (15) feet in width. Such side yard shall contain a buffer providing an effective visual screen along such side lot line by including a strip of plants of not less than five (5) feet in width and not less than six (6) feet in height. Such planting shall consist of at least fifty percent (50%) evergreen materials scattered throughout the buffer and shall be properly maintained.

   C.   On lots abutting other permitted B-AO Business-Automotive Oriented District uses, the minimum side yard setback shall be not less than fifteen (15) feet.

(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)

   The minimum rear yard setback in the B-AO Business-Automotive Oriented District shall be thirty (30) feet.

(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)

   A.   The distance between any part of an underground storage tank to any property line shall be not less than three (3) feet.

   B.   Any establishment providing or requiring fuel pumping facilities, shall have these facilities located not less than twenty (20) feet from any right-of-way line and not less than twenty (20) feet from any other lot line. Where such pumping facilities are within twenty-five (25) feet of a right-of-way line, there shall be a masonry curb not less than six (6) inches above grade along the right-of-way line between driveways.

(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)

   The maximum height regulations for properties in a B-AO Business-Automotive Oriented District shall be as follows:

   A.   No principal building shall exceed twenty-five (25) feet in height.

   B.   No accessory building shall exceed fifteen (15) feet in height.

(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)

   Off-street parking and loading shall be required as specified in Chapter 1175.

(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)

   Screening and buffering shall be required as specified in Section 1137.14.

(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)

   Buildings in the B-AO Business-Automotive Oriented District shall occupy no more than thirty-five percent (35%) of the total lot area.

(Ord. 98-176. Passed 8-3-98.)