Article X — SERVICE STATION CHANGE OF USE

Upon a new operator commencing any type of business activities other than automobile service station operations within any structure which has previously been utilized as an automobile service station, the new business operator shall, at a minimum, comply with the following conditions:

• A. All underground fuel tanks shall be removed in accordance with state law and local ordinances.

• B. All pumps, pump islands, pump or other overhangs, any and all other service islands, or any other structure or portion thereof specific to an automobile service station shall be removed and all legally required permits to do so shall be obtained.

• C. Remodel of the automobile service station shall be subject to the use permit process and shall require a minimum of:

  1. Closure of all non-essential driveways;

  2. Twenty-foot landscaping setback from street frontage;

  3. Elimination of existing bays and bay doors with frontage on Highway 50;

  4. Curb, gutter, sidewalk; and

  5. All nonconforming signage must be removed.

• D. Any automobile service station which has been inoperative and in a dilapidated or unsightly condition for a period in excess of 180 days from the date of notice by the city of inoperative, dilapidated or unsightly condition, shall be subject to the nuisance abatement process contained in Chapter 4.40 SLTCC.

• E. This provision shall apply to any application filed on or after May 1, 1991, irrespective of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this article.

• (Ord. 903; Code 1997 § 5-55)