Onondaga City Zoning Code

The lot area shall be not less than 20,000 square feet and have a minimum frontage along the principal street of at least 150 feet.

No proposed fuel storage or pumping facility shall be located within 500 feet of the property line of any parcel which is not served by public water.

All fuel pumps shall be located at least 25 feet from any street line or 50 feet from any other lot line.

Entrance or exit driveways shall be located at least 20 feet from any side or rear lot lines. Such driveways shall be laid out so as to avoid the necessity of any vehicle backing across any right-of-way.

All fuel, oil, gasoline or similar substances shall be stored underground at least 35 feet from any lot line, and tanks shall be installed and maintained in accordance with all federal, state and local standards. Vents must be at least 25 feet from any lot line.

No accessory buildings of any type or size are permitted at any time.

All sign regulations of this chapter shall apply. (See § 285-34.)

No building or accessory facility shall be closer than 50 feet to any boundary line of a residential district.

Each site shall have a buffer zone on each lot line not abutting a street, planted with at least a double row of conifer trees, at least eight feet high, on six-foot centers. Plantings shall be properly bedded when planted and thereafter maintained and fertilized to assure long life and growth and replaced when dead.

The main use must be related to the store and the sale of goods. The sale of fuel must be an ancillary convenience to customers.

The convenience store shall be limited to eight fuel dispensing points.

No sale of diesel fuel shall be allowed.

Hours of operation shall be limited to the hours of 6:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m.

No vehicle repair work shall be allowed.

No car wash or vehicle cleaning shall be allowed.

All refuse shall be stored within opaque enclosed areas, located no closer than 50 feet from any residential property line.

No outside storage, product display or sale shall be allowed, except for such products that are required by law to be kept outside (for instance, propane tanks).

Lighting shall be dark sky compliant and all lighting shall be designed to limit the potential impacts of site lighting on neighboring lands and highways.

Sign regulations provided in § 285-34 of the Town Code for NS, NSN, Commercial and Planned Economic Districts shall apply.

Convenience store windows shall not be used for affixing additional signage that can be seen from outside the store.

Off-street parking requirements shall be determined in accordance with retail uses.

All requirements and criteria for convenience stores located in the OHB District shall be considered use restrictions.

The lot area shall not be less than 15,000 square feet and shall have a minimum frontage along the principal street of not less than 80 feet.

No accessory structure shall be closer than 30 feet to any boundary of a residential district boundary line as measured from the nearest property line. This provision shall supersede the application of § 285-25A.

All vehicle sales shall require a principal building of at least 1,000 square feet of gross floor area located on the lot and which shall be associated with the business, serviced with water and sewer utilities, and include restroom facilities.

Up to one vehicle for sale may be allowed for every 750 square feet of lot area.

An outdoor vehicle sales area shall be surfaced with an asphalt, permeable pavement or Portland cement pavement providing an all-weather, durable, and dustless surface and shall be graded and drained to dispose of surface water accumulation by means of a positive stormwater drainage system.

Vehicle parking shall be subject to the off-street parking requirements set forth in § 285-33, plus vehicle sales area storage equal to one parking space per vehicle.

All repairs and/or vehicle preparation shall be performed within an enclosed principal building on the premises.

All storage shall be within the principal building, with the exception of refuse and trash, which shall be stored in closed containers and in an area screened from view at all points on any public or private property or street when viewed from six feet above ground level.

Screening shall be provided along all lot lines abutting or adjacent to a residential district to block any view of business operations, displayed vehicles and stored material and equipment in accordance with § 285-28.

All site lighting shall be shielded and shall be designed and located such that the maximum illumination measured at a property line does not exceed 0.2 footcandle on adjacent residential property and 0.5 footcandle on other adjacent property. Any light fixture within 50 feet of any residential district shall not exceed 15 feet in height.

There shall be no storage of dismantled, inoperable, or wrecked vehicles.

Each entity engaging in vehicle sales shall, at all times, maintain a valid New York State motor vehicle dealer's license permitting vehicle sales operations on the premises.