Tenafly City Zoning Code
§ 35-805.5
Automobile/Vehicle Service Station, Public Garages and Car Wash Facilities.
[Ord. No. 97-29 § 805E; Ord. No. 10-24 § 41]
a.
No building, accessory use or structure, nor appurtenances for any such use shall be erected or located within 100 feet of any boundary line of a residence district, of a school, place of worship, funeral home, theater, library or any place of public assembly.
b.
Vehicular access to or exit from an automobile/vehicle service station shall not be closer to the intersection of any two streets than 50 feet, nor shall any such access drive be located within 300 feet of any boundary line of any residence district or residential use, school, place of worship, funeral home, theater, library or any place of public assembly.
c.
No gasoline pump shall be erected or located within 25 feet of any property line; no oil pump, oiling or greasing mechanism nor other service appliance shall be located within 15 feet of any street line.
d.
A five foot landscaping strip shall be provided along the front property line.
e.
No such use shall be conducted except with provision for rendering all services on the premises. Only temporary parking incidental to the business of an automobile/vehicle service station shall be permitted on the premises. The retail sale of gasoline and oil for motor vehicles, including minor services commonly incidental thereto, may be conducted outside a building on the same lot.
f.
No outdoor hydraulic or mechanical lifts shall be permitted. All vehicle repair and service work, inclusive of lubricants and washing but exclusive of incidental repair, and all vehicle storage shall be done within completely enclosed buildings.
g.
A solid wall of not more than 25% unobstructed and open, at least six feet, but no more than six feet, six inches in height above the grade of the land shall be required for any abutting residence district. Such wall or fence shall be on the nonresidential side. In the case of off-street parking areas, however, such wall or fence may be located within the buffer strip but shall be at least five feet from the abutting residence district. In addition the buffer strip planting required shall be located in the buffer strip on the residential side of such wall or fence.
