Chapter 17.30 C-3 HIGHWAY BUSINESS DISTRICT
Section 17.30.090 Automobile service stations supplementary regulations.
A. Minimum Services Required. All
automobile service stations regardless of category type
shall, at a minimum, offer public restroom facilities and water and air for automotive vehicles for
use by the general public.
B. Design Criteria.
1. Canopies and Pump Islands. Canopies
shallconform to the minimum building setback.
2. Exterior Lighting. All exterior
lighting shall be inwardly directed so that no direct lighting
is cast off premises.
3. Parking. Parking requirements shall
conform to the requirements set forth in Chapter
17.44.
4. Access to Public Roadways. The
number of access cuts shall be minimized so as to
encourage the most optimum traffic movement and circulation pattern onto public roadways as
determined by the city engineer.
5. Access With Adjoining Sites. Automobile
service stations located in existing or proposed
shopping centers shall provide an access interconnection plan to the city engineer for approval.
C. Orientation Toward Shopping Centers.
Automobile service stations located in an existing
or proposed shopping center are encouraged to orientate the service station towards the shopping
center and-not the adjoining streets. For purposes of this section, "orientated towards" means
the
direction in which the pump islands and main building face. In any event, the following design
criteria would be applied.
1. Setbacks. The minimum setback along
publicly dedicated streets shall be not less than
fifteen (15) feet, or the minimum zone district requirement, whichever is greater.
2. Pump Islands and Canopies. The
minimum setback of pump islands and canopies shall be
fifteen (15) feet from any property line, or the minimum zone district requirement, whichever is
greater.
3. Landscaping. A fifteen (15) foot
landscaped area shall be provided between the building
setback and public right-of-way. The area shall consist of a three-foot high barrier, using berms if
feasible, and shrubs or trees (with a minimum diameter of two and one-half inches) distributed
along fifty (50) percent of the entire frontage. A ten-foot curbed and landscaped area shall be
provided around the remainder of the site. The ten-foot area shall consist of at least fifty (50)
percent live landscaping in the form of trees at twenty (20) foot intervals and intermittent shrub
clusters (artificial vegetation not permitted).
D. Uses Not Allowed. The following
uses shall not be performed in conjunction with any
automobile service station.
1. The outdoor repair, service or
maintenance of automobiles;
2. Painting and body work of automobiles;
3. The storage of wrecked or abandoned
vehicles;
4. Automobile sales;
5. Bulk plants;
6. The outdoor storage of auto parts,
excluding business displays. (Ord. 742 § 1 (part), 1989:
prior code § 40-7-3(H))
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