Location. No gasoline service station premises shall be permitted to locate within 200 feet of a school, playground, recreation center, public library, or church, except as hereinafter provided.
Editor’s Note: Former Subsection B(2), regarding written consent, was repealed 2-28-2017.
§ 68-370 Use permitted only by special permit from Town Board or Planning Board after public hearing.
[Amended 12-17-2019]
A gasoline service station shall be permitted in a Business 3 District only when specifically authorized by special permit from the Town Board after a public hearing, or in the Industrial Corridor District only when specifically authorized by special permit from the Planning Board after public hearing.
The following uses, supplying goods and services generally required in the maintenance and operation of motor vehicles, are deemed accessory to a gasoline service station and shall be permitted, provided that the requirements of this article are met:
Exceptions. New and reconditioned tires, batteries and lubrication items may be displayed outside during the times when said gasoline service station shall be open for business, provided same are displayed in movable or enclosable cabinets or racks designed for the display of said merchandise.
Use of floodlighting and all other external neon lighting after 10:00 p.m., other than necessary for the operation of the gasoline service station. Flashlighting shall be prohibited at all times.
A retail fuel service station shall not occupy more than 25% of the total lot area, including accessory buildings, however, excluding permanent canopies over fuel dispensers.
§ 68-375 Area.
[Amended 4-8-1997]
The minimum required lot area for a gasoline service station shall be 40,000 square feet.
§ 68-376 Width of lot.
The minimum width of lot for a gasoline service station shall be 100 feet throughout.
The minimum front yard setback for all structures whereat a gasoline service station is to be located shall be the minimum setback requirements as established in the area or along the highway in question, and in no case less than 25 feet. Gas pumps are included in the term "structure."
Exception. The Town Board, upon application therefor at the public hearing for approval of the use or location of a gasoline service station, may authorize less setback than otherwise required and may impose appropriate conditions thereon.
All buildings or structures hereafter erected at premises whereat a gasoline service station is to be located shall have a side yard along each lot line other than a street or rear line. The sum of the width of the two side yards shall be 20 feet, with a minimum width of either of such yards of 10 feet. The required side yards shall remain open and unobstructed.
Side yard transition. Wherever any side of a plot whereat a gasoline service station shall be located abuts a plot or plots in one or more use districts other than Business 3 Districts, then the minimum required side yard for all main buildings whereat the gasoline service station shall be located shall be equal to the more restrictive side yard so abutted.
All underside canopy lighting shall be recessed or shielded so as to illuminate only that area beneath the subject canopy. Underside canopy lights shall not be visible from neighboring properties and adjacent rights-of-way.
Distance. Entrances and exits shall not be closer than 25 feet to the corner of the property, except 10 feet on an interior lot. Where there is a pie-shaped or rounded corner, the distance shall be measured from the point of tangency of the property line with the curve of the corner, and a minimum distance of 15 feet is required in place of 25 feet.
Off-street parking and self-contained drainage. Hard-surfaced off-street parking with self-contained drainage shall be installed and maintained in accordance with the provisions of Article XXXI. Such parking shall be designed to accommodate the traffic.
Buffer area. A landscaped buffer area of at least 35 feet in width and an eight-foot-tall sound attenuation wall or fence shall be provided and maintained in accordance with Town standards adjacent to any residential zone or use except as modified or waived by the Planning Board after a public hearing.
Location. No gasoline service station premises shall be permitted to locate within 200 feet of a school, playground, recreation center, public library, or church, except as hereinafter provided.
Editor’s Note: Former Subsection B(2), regarding written consent, was repealed 2-28-2017.
§ 68-370 Use permitted only by special permit from Town Board or Planning Board after public hearing.
[Amended 12-17-2019]
A gasoline service station shall be permitted in a Business 3 District only when specifically authorized by special permit from the Town Board after a public hearing, or in the Industrial Corridor District only when specifically authorized by special permit from the Planning Board after public hearing.
The following uses, supplying goods and services generally required in the maintenance and operation of motor vehicles, are deemed accessory to a gasoline service station and shall be permitted, provided that the requirements of this article are met:
Exceptions. New and reconditioned tires, batteries and lubrication items may be displayed outside during the times when said gasoline service station shall be open for business, provided same are displayed in movable or enclosable cabinets or racks designed for the display of said merchandise.
Use of floodlighting and all other external neon lighting after 10:00 p.m., other than necessary for the operation of the gasoline service station. Flashlighting shall be prohibited at all times.
A retail fuel service station shall not occupy more than 25% of the total lot area, including accessory buildings, however, excluding permanent canopies over fuel dispensers.
§ 68-375 Area.
[Amended 4-8-1997]
The minimum required lot area for a gasoline service station shall be 40,000 square feet.
§ 68-376 Width of lot.
The minimum width of lot for a gasoline service station shall be 100 feet throughout.
The minimum front yard setback for all structures whereat a gasoline service station is to be located shall be the minimum setback requirements as established in the area or along the highway in question, and in no case less than 25 feet. Gas pumps are included in the term "structure."
Exception. The Town Board, upon application therefor at the public hearing for approval of the use or location of a gasoline service station, may authorize less setback than otherwise required and may impose appropriate conditions thereon.
All buildings or structures hereafter erected at premises whereat a gasoline service station is to be located shall have a side yard along each lot line other than a street or rear line. The sum of the width of the two side yards shall be 20 feet, with a minimum width of either of such yards of 10 feet. The required side yards shall remain open and unobstructed.
Side yard transition. Wherever any side of a plot whereat a gasoline service station shall be located abuts a plot or plots in one or more use districts other than Business 3 Districts, then the minimum required side yard for all main buildings whereat the gasoline service station shall be located shall be equal to the more restrictive side yard so abutted.
All underside canopy lighting shall be recessed or shielded so as to illuminate only that area beneath the subject canopy. Underside canopy lights shall not be visible from neighboring properties and adjacent rights-of-way.
Distance. Entrances and exits shall not be closer than 25 feet to the corner of the property, except 10 feet on an interior lot. Where there is a pie-shaped or rounded corner, the distance shall be measured from the point of tangency of the property line with the curve of the corner, and a minimum distance of 15 feet is required in place of 25 feet.
Off-street parking and self-contained drainage. Hard-surfaced off-street parking with self-contained drainage shall be installed and maintained in accordance with the provisions of Article XXXI. Such parking shall be designed to accommodate the traffic.
Buffer area. A landscaped buffer area of at least 35 feet in width and an eight-foot-tall sound attenuation wall or fence shall be provided and maintained in accordance with Town standards adjacent to any residential zone or use except as modified or waived by the Planning Board after a public hearing.