Zone C-2
In this zone, no land use shall be permitted except those designated below. No uses will be permitted that will result in a public nuisance because of odor, noise or visual offense, such as junkyards, animal shelters, garbage disposal, heavy manufacturing, stables and the killing and dressing of poultry and animals. In the commercial zone C-2, the following land uses shall be permitted:
There are no frontage requirements for commercial use.
All land within the C-2 Downtown Mixed-Use Zone, except for exclusively residential lots, not covered by buildings, streets, driveways, sidewalks, plazas, courtyards, structures, recreation facilities, and parking areas shall be permanently landscaped with trees, shrubs, lawn, or ground cover and maintained in accordance with good landscaping practices. All landscaping shall have a permanent working underground sprinkling system.
Service stations, roadside stands, public parking lots, and all other businesses requiring motor vehicle access shall meet the requirements as hereinafter provided:
A. Purpose.
1. The purpose of this section is to establish requirements for gas service stations, fuel dispensing, and fuel storage tank sites.
B. Requirement and Regulations.
1. All gas service stations, fuel dispensing, and fuel storage tanks (under or above ground) shall comply with the requirements of this section and all other applicable requirements and regulations of the State of Utah and International Fire Code. In case of conflicting provision in any of the above-listed requirements and regulations, the strictest shall apply.
2. The Hyrum City Council may waive requirements and regulations in this section for government entity gas service stations, fuel dispensing, and fuel storage tanks provided government entities meet all applicable Federal and Sate Regulations through separate Federal and State application and approval requirements.
3. Fuel storage tanks used for agricultural operations as defined by Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act are exempt from requirements and regulation of this section.
C. Site Plan Approval Required.
1. Site plan approval shall be required prior to the installation of any gas station, fuel dispensing, and fuel storage tanks.
D. Operational Permit Required.
1. Operational permit approval shall be required prior to the operations of dispensing and storing motor fuels.
E. General Site Requirements.
1. All portions of fuel delivery and vehicles being fueled shall be located on the premises of the gas service station, fuel dispensing, and fuel storage tanks.
2.Driveways shall be designed and located to ensure safe and efficient movement of traffic and pedestrians on and off the site and be located as far from the nearest intersection as possible to avoid traffic conflicts at intersections.
3. Stacking lanes, fuel dispensing devices, and pump islands shall provide adequate on-site maneuvering and circulation areas and be arranged to avoid conflicts with site access points, parking, loading spaces, and impeding traffic on abutting streets.
4. Primary and secondary buildings shall meet the minimum setback requirements for the zoning district in which it is located.
5. A car wash structure, drying of vehicles, and vacuum accessories shall meet the minimum setback requirements for the zoning district in which it is located and shall not be located abutting a residential use lot line.
F. Fuel Dispensing and Pump Islands.
1. Fuel dispensing and pump islands shall be located:
a. Eighteen (18) feet or more from any roadway or property line.
b. Twenty (20) feet or more from fixed sources of ignition.
c. Ten (10) feet or more from buildings.
G. Canopies.
1. Canopies may not extend beyond the property line or frontage adjoining streets or within fifteen (15) feet of a neighboring residential lot line.
2. Canopies may not extend upon or above a public utility easement or within ten (10) feet of each side of a public utility to maintain an overall twenty (20) feet clearance.
3. Canopies and signage shall not impede vision of traffic on intersecting streets.
4. Canopy signage shall comply with the sign ordinance and canopy signs shall be included in the overall maximum allowable sign area.
5. Canopy lighting fixtures shall be recessed within the canopy soffit and directed downward toward the ground and shall conform with other lighting ordinances including to not extend beyond the property boundary.
6. Canopy fascia illumination shall be designed to prevent glare onto adjacent properties and be dark-sky sensitive.
H. Fuel Storage Tanks
1. Underground and aboveground fuel storage tanks shall be regulated by the Utah Department of Environmental Quality.
2. Fuel storage tanks and gas vents shall be a minimum of thirty (30) feet from any adjacent property line.
3. Aboveground fuel storage tanks shall have a maximum height of twenty (20) feet from the finished grade.
4. Aboveground fuel storage tanks or aboveground fuel storage tank basins shall have a minimum clearance of twenty-five (25) feet from combustible materials, storage areas, parking/backing areas, and all buildings on the property parcel.
5. Aboveground fuel storage tanks and piping shall provide vehicle impact protection as required by the International Fire Code.
6. Aboveground fuel storage tanks that are out of service shall be removed off the site as required by International Fire Code.
I. External-tertiary Containment Required.
1. Aboveground fuel storage tanks, single or double walled, that are located within three-hundred-fifty (350) feet of an existing open waterbody (i.e., wetland, swamp, natural pond, river, stream, canal, ditch, etc.) shall comply with the following requirements:
a. External-tertiary containment area shall be provided to contain a capacity of at least one-hundred-ten (110%) percent of the overall volume of the largest above ground fuel storage tank; and
b. External-tertiary containment shall be constructed of cast-in-place concrete walls and concrete floor; coated of internally lined; to prevent accidental discharge of liquid from entering existing open waterbody. Masonry or cinder block shall not be used.
J. Nonconforming Gas Service Stations, Fuel Dispensing, and Fuel Storage Tanks.
1. An existing gas service station, fuel dispensing, fuel storage tank, and associated equipment may replace tanks and associated equipment in substantially the same location without having to comply with this section except for external-tertiary containment requirements for existing and new aboveground fuel storage tanks.
The following schedule shall apply:
Two-family accessory apartments are permitted in this zone providing the following conditions are met:
A notarized letter is required stating that the owner will continue to occupy this residence and that all the conditions for an accessory apartment have and will continue to be met. Utility account will be under the property owners name. Typically, a single electric and a single culinary water meter will provide service to the dwelling. Two monthly service charges will be billed for sewer and culinary water. (Ord. 09-04)
Public structures such as electrical, gas, telephone transmission and fire stations are permitted within this zone provided the following conditions are met:
Every part of a required yard shall be open to the sky, unobstructed except for accessory buildings in a rear yard, the ordinary projections of skylights, sill, belt course, cornices, roof overhang, chimneys, flues and other ornamental features which project into a yard not more than four (4) feet, and open or lattice-enclosed fire escapes, fireproof outside stairways and balconies upon fire towers projecting into a yard not more than five (5) feet. One side yard shall remain unencumbered for a minimum of ten (10) feet to allow vehicular access to the back yard.
No accessory building nor group of accessory buildings in any residential zone shall cover more than fifty (50) percent of the rear yard.
Lots meeting all area and frontage requirements, but whose severance will or has created a flag lot are acceptable as a building site provided that all of the following conditions are met. The flag lot from which it was severed must meet minimum area requirements for the zone. The driveway for the flag lot must be a minimum of 20 feet in width and be deed to the flag lot. The flag lot must contain a home which was built prior to January 28, 1976.
Example:
On any lot under separate ownership from adjacent lots and of record as of January 28, 1976, and such lot having narrower width than required for the zone in which it is located, the widths of the side yards may be reduced as follows:
Zone C-2
In this zone, no land use shall be permitted except those designated below. No uses will be permitted that will result in a public nuisance because of odor, noise or visual offense, such as junkyards, animal shelters, garbage disposal, heavy manufacturing, stables and the killing and dressing of poultry and animals. In the commercial zone C-2, the following land uses shall be permitted:
There are no frontage requirements for commercial use.
All land within the C-2 Downtown Mixed-Use Zone, except for exclusively residential lots, not covered by buildings, streets, driveways, sidewalks, plazas, courtyards, structures, recreation facilities, and parking areas shall be permanently landscaped with trees, shrubs, lawn, or ground cover and maintained in accordance with good landscaping practices. All landscaping shall have a permanent working underground sprinkling system.
Service stations, roadside stands, public parking lots, and all other businesses requiring motor vehicle access shall meet the requirements as hereinafter provided:
A. Purpose.
1. The purpose of this section is to establish requirements for gas service stations, fuel dispensing, and fuel storage tank sites.
B. Requirement and Regulations.
1. All gas service stations, fuel dispensing, and fuel storage tanks (under or above ground) shall comply with the requirements of this section and all other applicable requirements and regulations of the State of Utah and International Fire Code. In case of conflicting provision in any of the above-listed requirements and regulations, the strictest shall apply.
2. The Hyrum City Council may waive requirements and regulations in this section for government entity gas service stations, fuel dispensing, and fuel storage tanks provided government entities meet all applicable Federal and Sate Regulations through separate Federal and State application and approval requirements.
3. Fuel storage tanks used for agricultural operations as defined by Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act are exempt from requirements and regulation of this section.
C. Site Plan Approval Required.
1. Site plan approval shall be required prior to the installation of any gas station, fuel dispensing, and fuel storage tanks.
D. Operational Permit Required.
1. Operational permit approval shall be required prior to the operations of dispensing and storing motor fuels.
E. General Site Requirements.
1. All portions of fuel delivery and vehicles being fueled shall be located on the premises of the gas service station, fuel dispensing, and fuel storage tanks.
2.Driveways shall be designed and located to ensure safe and efficient movement of traffic and pedestrians on and off the site and be located as far from the nearest intersection as possible to avoid traffic conflicts at intersections.
3. Stacking lanes, fuel dispensing devices, and pump islands shall provide adequate on-site maneuvering and circulation areas and be arranged to avoid conflicts with site access points, parking, loading spaces, and impeding traffic on abutting streets.
4. Primary and secondary buildings shall meet the minimum setback requirements for the zoning district in which it is located.
5. A car wash structure, drying of vehicles, and vacuum accessories shall meet the minimum setback requirements for the zoning district in which it is located and shall not be located abutting a residential use lot line.
F. Fuel Dispensing and Pump Islands.
1. Fuel dispensing and pump islands shall be located:
a. Eighteen (18) feet or more from any roadway or property line.
b. Twenty (20) feet or more from fixed sources of ignition.
c. Ten (10) feet or more from buildings.
G. Canopies.
1. Canopies may not extend beyond the property line or frontage adjoining streets or within fifteen (15) feet of a neighboring residential lot line.
2. Canopies may not extend upon or above a public utility easement or within ten (10) feet of each side of a public utility to maintain an overall twenty (20) feet clearance.
3. Canopies and signage shall not impede vision of traffic on intersecting streets.
4. Canopy signage shall comply with the sign ordinance and canopy signs shall be included in the overall maximum allowable sign area.
5. Canopy lighting fixtures shall be recessed within the canopy soffit and directed downward toward the ground and shall conform with other lighting ordinances including to not extend beyond the property boundary.
6. Canopy fascia illumination shall be designed to prevent glare onto adjacent properties and be dark-sky sensitive.
H. Fuel Storage Tanks
1. Underground and aboveground fuel storage tanks shall be regulated by the Utah Department of Environmental Quality.
2. Fuel storage tanks and gas vents shall be a minimum of thirty (30) feet from any adjacent property line.
3. Aboveground fuel storage tanks shall have a maximum height of twenty (20) feet from the finished grade.
4. Aboveground fuel storage tanks or aboveground fuel storage tank basins shall have a minimum clearance of twenty-five (25) feet from combustible materials, storage areas, parking/backing areas, and all buildings on the property parcel.
5. Aboveground fuel storage tanks and piping shall provide vehicle impact protection as required by the International Fire Code.
6. Aboveground fuel storage tanks that are out of service shall be removed off the site as required by International Fire Code.
I. External-tertiary Containment Required.
1. Aboveground fuel storage tanks, single or double walled, that are located within three-hundred-fifty (350) feet of an existing open waterbody (i.e., wetland, swamp, natural pond, river, stream, canal, ditch, etc.) shall comply with the following requirements:
a. External-tertiary containment area shall be provided to contain a capacity of at least one-hundred-ten (110%) percent of the overall volume of the largest above ground fuel storage tank; and
b. External-tertiary containment shall be constructed of cast-in-place concrete walls and concrete floor; coated of internally lined; to prevent accidental discharge of liquid from entering existing open waterbody. Masonry or cinder block shall not be used.
J. Nonconforming Gas Service Stations, Fuel Dispensing, and Fuel Storage Tanks.
1. An existing gas service station, fuel dispensing, fuel storage tank, and associated equipment may replace tanks and associated equipment in substantially the same location without having to comply with this section except for external-tertiary containment requirements for existing and new aboveground fuel storage tanks.
The following schedule shall apply:
Two-family accessory apartments are permitted in this zone providing the following conditions are met:
A notarized letter is required stating that the owner will continue to occupy this residence and that all the conditions for an accessory apartment have and will continue to be met. Utility account will be under the property owners name. Typically, a single electric and a single culinary water meter will provide service to the dwelling. Two monthly service charges will be billed for sewer and culinary water. (Ord. 09-04)
Public structures such as electrical, gas, telephone transmission and fire stations are permitted within this zone provided the following conditions are met:
Every part of a required yard shall be open to the sky, unobstructed except for accessory buildings in a rear yard, the ordinary projections of skylights, sill, belt course, cornices, roof overhang, chimneys, flues and other ornamental features which project into a yard not more than four (4) feet, and open or lattice-enclosed fire escapes, fireproof outside stairways and balconies upon fire towers projecting into a yard not more than five (5) feet. One side yard shall remain unencumbered for a minimum of ten (10) feet to allow vehicular access to the back yard.
No accessory building nor group of accessory buildings in any residential zone shall cover more than fifty (50) percent of the rear yard.
Lots meeting all area and frontage requirements, but whose severance will or has created a flag lot are acceptable as a building site provided that all of the following conditions are met. The flag lot from which it was severed must meet minimum area requirements for the zone. The driveway for the flag lot must be a minimum of 20 feet in width and be deed to the flag lot. The flag lot must contain a home which was built prior to January 28, 1976.
Example:
On any lot under separate ownership from adjacent lots and of record as of January 28, 1976, and such lot having narrower width than required for the zone in which it is located, the widths of the side yards may be reduced as follows: