§ 17.50

The provisions set out in this chapter shall be the minimum standards for any service station granted a conditional use permit in the C-N zone, and may be used as a guide in granting a conditional use permit in other commercial and industrial zones.

(Ord. 595 § 6.10 (part), 1982)

Each service station lot shall have a minimum area of fourteen thousand square feet.

(Ord. 595 § 6.10(A), 1982)

Each service station lot shall have a minimum width of one hundred twenty feet on that street or those streets which is or are classified as a part of the "Select System of Roads and Streets," as defined by the California Streets and Highways Code, but in no event can the dimension along the intersecting street be less than ninety feet.

(Ord. 595 § 6.10(B), 1982)

A.

There shall be a minimum setback for any service station building of ten feet from any property line, except where the lot line of the property involved abuts a public alley and a five-foot masonry wall is erected pursuant to Section 17.50.100(C) or a building is constructed adjacent to such alley.

B.

Gasoline pumps, or other facilities for providing vehicles with gasoline, and pump islands on which they are placed shall be set back fifteen feet from any property line.

(Ord. 595 § 6.10(C), 1982)

A.

Each developed service station site shall have not more than two accessways (driveways) to any one street.

B.

Accessways shall be located so that there is a minimum of five feet of full-height curb between the way and adjoining residential property lines.

C.

No driveway shall exceed a width of thirty-five feet.

D.

No driveway shall encroach into the curve of a street corner unless the radius of the curb return is greater than thirty feet.

E.

There shall be a minimum distance of twenty-two feet of full-height curb between curb cuts along any street frontage.

(Ord. 595 § 6.10(D), 1982)

17.50.060 - Parking.

A.

Off-street parking at service stations shall be provided as required in Chapter 17.16. In addition, one parking space shall be provided at all times for each employee on duty.

B.

No parking of commercial vehicles over six thousand pounds shall be permitted between ten p.m. and six a.m. within fifteen feet of an abutting residential zone.

(Ord. 595 § 6.10(E), 1982)

17.50.070 - Landscaping.

A.

Three-foot-wide planters shall be located and maintained adjacent to every street frontage, except for driveways or curb cut openings, at service stations.

B.

One hundred square feet of planting area shall be located and maintained at the intersection of two property lines at a street corner.

C.

All planting areas shall be separated from abutting paving by minimally six-inch-high curb walls.

D.

All planting shall be a variety that will not achieve a height greater than thirty inches, shall not be thorny or spiked and shall not extend over the sidewalk.

E.

All landscaped areas shall have permanent irrigation systems approved by the planning director and such areas shall be planted and maintained.

(Ord. 630 § 3 (part), 1987; Ord. 595 § 6.10(F), 1982)

17.50.080 - Signs.

Signs at service stations shall be limited to the following:

A.

There shall be no more than two principal identification signs.

1.

One sign may be freestanding with a maximum sign face area of two hundred square feet and a maximum height of fifty feet; and

2.

One fin or pylon sign, with a maximum sign face area of forty square feet, provided that the pylon sign is placed on a structure which is integrated with the main.

B.

Two freestanding posterboard signs may be located no closer than thirty-five feet to the point of intersection of the property lines extended on a corner site. In lieu of that, one such posterboard sign may be placed nearer than thirty-five feet to the point of intersection of the property lines extended, provided that it is placed behind a line drawn between two points, each of which is fifteen feet from the point of

intersection. These posterboard signs shall be permanently placed; however, they may contain changeable copy. The maximum area of any such sign face shall not exceed twenty-four square feet.

C.

All signs in addition to those provided for in subsections A and B of this section shall be placed on or affixed to a structure.

(Ord. 789 § 1 (part), 2004: Ord. 595 § 6.10(G), 1982)

17.50.090 - Outside lighting.

A.

All outside lighting at service stations shall be so arranged and shielded as to prevent any glare or reflection, nuisance, inconvenience or hazardous interference of any kind on adjoining streets or property.

B.

All outside lights and signals, except for those necessary for security lighting, shall be turned off when the station is not in operation.

(Ord. 595 § 6.10(H), 1982)

17.50.100 - Screening.

A.

Entrances to all service station restrooms shall be screened from view of adjacent properties or street rights-of-way by decorative screening six feet high. The bottom of such screens shall be raised eighteen inches above grade for visibility and ventilation.

B.

All outside trash, garbage, refuse and storage areas shall be enclosed on all sides by a five-foot-high structure. Provisions for adequate vehicular access shall be provided to and from such areas for collection of trash. Where installation of a permanent enclosure is physically impossible, a trash container of a type approved by the director of public works may be substituted.

C.

Where the rear property line abuts a public alley, there shall be erected a five-foot masonry wall dividing the service station property from the alley.

(Ord. 595 § 6.10(I), 1982)

All displays at service stations shall be restricted to within five feet of the principal building, on the pump island, or in permanently placed, fully enclosed display cabinets. The display cabinets may be placed on the interior perimeter property line, but, in any case, no closer than ten feet to a street property line.

(Ord. 595 § 6.10(J)(1), 1982)

Service stations which abut residentially zoned property shall close between midnight and six a.m., and all business activities except for services and emergency repairs shall be confined to the hours between six a.m. and ten p.m.

(Ord. 595 § 6.10(J)(2), 1982)

There shall be no sale or distribution of alcoholic beverages from the premises of any automobile service station without the issuance of a conditional use permit by the city council.

(Ord. 789 § 1 (part), 2004: Ord. 595 § 6.10(J)(3), 1982)

Utilities to all service-station structures, including signs, shall be installed underground.

(Ord. 595 § 6.10(K), 1982)

Chapter 17.52 - FUEL DISPENSING AND STORAGE

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