§ 20-2. PERMIT REQUIRED; STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS.
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Gasoline-selling or service stations shall be allowed only by special permit in Retail-Commercial and General-Commercial Highway Districts and subject to the following standards and regulations.
a.Lot shall be at least 20,000 square feet in area, with a minimum lot width of 100 feet.
b.All fuel pumps, car lifts and service appliances, except the free-air pump, shall be located at least 25 feet away from the side and rear property lines so as to permit all services to be performed within the lot lines.
c.All fuel tanks shall be installed underground.
d.Driveways.
1.Driveways shall cross the sidewalk at right angles, which shall not be more than 25 feet wide at any point thereof.
2.There shall be a twenty-five-foot safety zone minimum between driveways. Driveways shall be at least 10 feet from the adjoining property line and at least 20 feet from the corner of intersecting right-of-way line.
3.There shall be a maximum of two driveways on any street.
e.The entire area of the station or garage or sales area traversed by motor vehicles shall be macadam or concrete.
f.No gasoline-selling or service stations, or area so utilized, shall be located within 300 of any property upon which a church, hospital, public or parochial school, private school college, institution or theater shall be located. Nor shall the gasoline-selling or service station be located within 2,500 feet of another gasoline-selling or service station. The distance shall be measured on a straight or air line from the nearest boundary or property line in the one instance to the nearest point or boundary line of the use being measured.
g.Various building and lot requirements.
1.A buffer yard of not less than 50 feet in width shall be provided on any special use included wherein this section shall be located within 50 feet of any residential zone. The distance shall be measured as indicated in paragraph f. of this subsection. This buffer yard shall be used only as a planting strip on which hedge, evergreens, shrubbery or other suitable planting shall be provided and maintained.
2.The walls of any building are set back at least 25 feet from every adjoining property line and at least 50 feet from a street right-of-way line.
3.Canopies or roof overhangs attached to or extended from the building shall not extend more than five feet from the building.
4.Building area. Not more than 10% of the area of each lot may be occupied by buildings. No building shall exceed one story in height.
h.All lubrication, repair, painting or similar activities shall be performed within a completely enclosed building. In addition thereto all displays and sale of merchandise shall be made or sold within a completely enclosed building, except as specifically provided or allowed under the terms of this chapter.
i.Sufficient parking space for all vehicles of employees and patrons shall be provided, with a minimum of five spaces.
j.No automobile, truck, trailer or boat shall be allowed to stand on any gasoline-selling or service station, publicly advertising it being for sale, namely, the automobile, truck, trailer or boat.
k.No gasoline-selling or service station shall be permitted within 50 feet of the nearest lot line of any other building.
l.No part of any gasoline-selling or service station may be used for residence or sleeping purposes except by a watchman.
m.Signs shall be erected in accordance with the requirements enumerated in the Zoning Ordinance of the Township, except that no sign shall exceed 25 feet in height; nor shall the sign be erected less than 15 feet from any curb or property line.
n.All electric, gas, telephone and other utility lines and uses shall be installed underground.
o.All alterations or additions to gasoline-selling or service stations, irrespective of the district in which the same may be located, shall be made in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.