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Spring Lake Heights
City Zoning Code

§ 22-607.6

Motor Vehicle Refueling and Service Stations.

[Ord. #6-1989, § 607.5; amended 12-16-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-17]
Motor vehicle refueling and service stations may be permitted in the MU-1 and MU-2 zone districts provided that the following standards and conditions are complied with:
a. 
The area devoted to building coverage shall not exceed 10% of the total lot area.
b. 
The minimum distance between property lines of service stations shall be 1,500 feet when measured along the same street, or 500 feet when measured from any portion of the property line in any direction, including measurements into adjoining municipalities, whichever is greater.
c. 
All storage areas, trash facilities, pits, lifts and working areas shall be within a building. All lubrication, repair or similar activities shall be performed in an enclosed building, and no dismantled parts of vehicles shall be placed outside.
d. 
All fuel pumps, air pumps and the islands upon which pumps are normally located shall be set back from the street line at least 50 feet, and from any other property line at least 35 feet. A minimum space of 25 feet shall exist between any two islands and between any island and the service station building.
e. 
No junked motor vehicle or part thereof and no unregistered motor vehicle shall be stored outside an enclosed service station building overnight. Not more than three vehicles awaiting service may be stored outside the building overnight.
Storage of vehicles outdoors for more than 72 hours is to be in an area enclosed with fencing and screened with shrubbery as approved by the Land Use Board shown on a site plan submitted in accordance with this chapter.
f. 
Reserved.
g. 
It is intended that service stations be designed compatibly with the architectural appearance of existing permitted commercial uses in the zone in which they are located, that they not be stripped along the available highway frontage or at each quadrant of a convenient intersection. Ingress and egress shall be designed to recognize the turning movements generated. The access points shall be coordinated with the access points required for nearby uses, frequency of intersecting side streets and maintaining building setbacks compatible with the required setbacks and landscaping.