West Haven City Zoning Code
MOTOR VEHICLE
ACCESS
§ 157.800 BUSINESS REQUIRING ACCESS.
Service stations, roadside stands, public parking lots, and all other businesses requiring motor vehicle access shall meet the requirements as hereinafter provided.
(Prior Code, § 58.02) (Ord. 2-92, passed - -1992)
§ 157.801 ROADWAYS AND CURBS.
Access to the station or other structure or parking lot shall be controlled as follows.
(A) Access shall be by not more than two roadways for each 100 feet, or fraction thereof, of frontage on any street.
(B) No two of said roadways shall be closer to each other than 12 feet; and no roadway shall be closer to a side property line than three feet.
(C) Each roadway shall be not more than 36 feet in width for roadside stands, public parking lots, and all other businesses requiring motor vehicle access, except service stations in Commercial Zones and uses in Manufacturing Zones may have a maximum width of 50 feet.
(D) No roadway shall be closer than 20 feet to the point of intersection of two property lines at any street corner.
(E) In all cases where there is an existing curb and gutter, or sidewalk, on the street, the applicant for a permit shall provide a safety island along the entire frontage of the property, except for permitted roadways. Concrete curbs shall be constructed and height, location, and structural specifications shall be approved by the City Engineer.
(F) Where there is no existing curb and gutter, or sidewalk, the applicant shall install such safety island and curb, or, in place thereof, construct along the entire length of the property line, except in front of the permitted roadways, a curb, fence, or pipe rail not exceeding two feet or less than eight inches in height.
(Prior Code, § 58.04) (Ord. 2-92, passed - -1992) Penalty, see § 157.999
§ 157.802 LOCATION OF GASOLINE PUMPS.
Gasoline pumps shall be set back not less than 18 feet from any street line to which the pump island is vertical and 12 feet from any street line to which the pump island is parallel, and not less than ten feet from a Residential or Agricultural Zone boundary line; if the pump island is set at an angle on the property, it shall be so located that automobiles stopped for service will not extend over the property line. (See § 157.637 for more restrictive requirement.)
(Prior Code, § 58.06) (Ord. 2-92, passed - -1992) Penalty, see § 157.999
§ 157.803 LOCATION OF SERVICE STATION CANOPIES.
Service station canopies may extend into the required front yard of a service station site to cover pump islands and the adjacent vehicle service areas; provided such canopies are located not closer than five feet to the front property line.
(Prior Code, § 58.08) (Ord. 2-92, passed - -1992) Penalty, see § 157.999