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West Burlington City Zoning Code

165.23 SPECIAL

PROVISIONS.

1.   Essential Services. Essential services shall be permitted as authorized and regulated by law and other community regulations, as it is the intention to exempt such essential services from the application of additional regulation.
2.   Motor Vehicle Businesses.
   A.   No motor vehicle repair business, gas station, or car wash shall have a vehicular entrance or exit within 200 feet of any property occupied by a school, public playground, house of worship, hospital, library, or similar institution. No such entrance or exit shall be located within 20 feet of any Residential District.
   B.   No portion of any building or structure being used as a motor vehicle repair business, gas station, or car wash shall be located within 100 feet of any property occupied by the aforementioned institutional uses.
   C.   Activities incidental to the sale of gasoline or oil such as battery and tire repair, car washing, and greasing shall be conducted within the building. There shall be no storage or accumulation of miscellaneous equipment, machinery or motor vehicles, disabled or otherwise, outside of the principal structure.
3.   Trailers.
   A.   The parking of a trailer in any District, except in an approved mobile home park, for 48 hours or longer shall be prohibited, except for small utility trailers. In addition, a camping, utility, or boat trailer, with or without boat, may be stored in a rear yard, provided that no living quarters shall be maintained or any business conducted in connection with the trailer, while it is parked or stored.
4.   Hotels or Motels.
   A.   No hotel or motel shall have a vehicular entrance or exit within 200 feet from a property occupied by a school, public playground, house of worship, hospital, library, or similar institution, unless it is located on a separate block, or fronts along a different street, provided that the properties are not directly adjoined.
      (1)   Any lot to be used for a motel or hotel shall be no less than 15,000 square feet in area, and contain no less than 1,000 square feet of lot area per sleeping unit. In aggregate, all buildings and structures on the lot shall occupy no greater than 25 percent of the lot area.
      (2)   All areas not used for access, parking, circulation, buildings and services shall be completely landscaped and the entire site maintained in good condition.
      (3)   No enlargements or extensions to any hotel or motel shall be permitted, unless the existing facility is made to substantially conform with all of the requirements for the new construction of such an establishment.