Exhibit Z LDC 2014 Section 5.05.055.05.05 Automobile Service Stations
A. The purpose of this section is to ensure that automobile service stations do not adversely impact
adjacent land uses, especially residential land uses. The high levels of traffic, glare, and intensity of
use associated with service stations, particularly those open 24 hours, may be incompatible with
surrounding uses, especially residential uses. Therefore, in the interest of protecting the health,
safety, and general welfare of the public, the following regulations shall apply to the location, layout,
drainage, operation, landscaping, parking, and permitted sales and service activities of automobile
service stations.
B. Site design requirements.
1. Table of site design requirements:
Site Standards
Minimum lot area (sq. ft.) 30,000
Minimum lot width (ft.) 150
Minimum lot depth (ft.) 180
Separation from adjacent automobile service stations (ft.) (based on distance between 500
nearest points)
Minimum setbacks, all structures:
Front yard
Side yard
Rear yard
50
40
40
2. Waiver of separation requirements.
a. The BZA may, by resolution, grant a waiver of part or all of the minimum separation
requirements set forth herein if it is demonstrated by the applicant and determined by
the BZA that the site proposed for development of an automobile service station is
separated from another automobile service station by natural or man-made
boundaries, structures, or other features which offset or limit the necessity for such
minimum distance requirements. The BZA's decision to waive part or all of the distance
requirements shall be based upon the following factors:
i. Whether the nature and type of natural or manmade boundary, structure, or
other feature lying between the proposed establishment and an existing
automobile service station is determined by the BZA to lessen the impact of
the proposed service station. Such boundary, structure, or other feature may
include, but is not limited to, lakes, marshes, nondevelopable wetlands,
designated preserve areas, canals, and a minimum of a 4 lane arterial or
collector right-of-way.
ii. Whether the automobile service station is only engaged in the servicing of
automobiles during regular, daytime business hours, or, if in addition to or in lieu
of servicing, the station sells food, gasoline, and other convenience items during
daytime, nighttime, or on a 24 hour basis.
iii. Whether the service station is located within a shopping center primarily
accessed by a driveway, or if it fronts on and is accessed directly from a
platted road right-of-way.
iv. Whether the granting of the distance waiver will have an adverse impact on
adjacent land uses, especially residential land uses.
b. The Administrative Code shall establish the submittal requirements for an automobile
service station waiver request. The request for an automobile service station waiver
shall be based on the submittal of the required application, a site plan, and a written
market study analysis which justifies a need for the additional automobile service
station in the desired location.
c. Additional conditions. The BZA shall have the right to add additional conditions or
requirements to its approval of a distance waiver request in order to insure
compatibility of the automobile service station with the surrounding area and the
goals and objectives of the GMP.
C. Building architecture and signage requirements.
1. Building architecture shall meet the requirements of section 5.05.08
2. Signage for automobile service stations. The following are the only signs allowed in
automobile service stations and convenience stores with gas pumps.
a. Window, Wall, and other signs: As allowed in Section 5.06.00 of this Code.
b. All canopies may have an illuminated corporate logo with a maximum area of 12 square
feet shall be allowed on a canopy face which is adjacent to a dedicated street or
highway. Otherwise, accent lighting, back lighting and accent striping are prohibited
on canopy structures.
c. One ground sign shall be permitted for each site and shall be placed within a 200
square foot landscaped area. Height is limited so that the top edge of the sign face is
less than eight feet above grade. Maximum permitted area 60 square feet.
d. Signage is prohibited above gas pumps.
D. The following landscape requirements are in addition to the requirements of section 4.06.00
Landscaping and Buffering.
1. Right-of-way buffer landscaping:
a. Landscaping adjacent to rights-of-way external to the development project shall be
located within a landscape buffer easement which is a minimum of twenty-five (25)
feet in width. Water management swales shall not be located within these buffer
areas; however, water management facilities such as underground piping shall be
permitted.
b. An undulating berm with a maximum slope of 3:1 shall be constructed along the entire
length of the landscape buffer. The berm shall be constructed and maintained at a
minimum average height of three (3) feet. The berm shall be planted with ground cover
(other than grass), shrubs, hedges, trees, and palms.
c. The required trees and palms shall be clustered in double rows with a minimum of three
(3) trees per cluster. Canopy trees shall be planted a maximum of twenty (20) feet on
center within a cluster. The use of palms within the right-of-way buffer shall be limited
to landscaped areas adjacent to vehicular access points. Palms shall be planted in
staggered heights, a minimum of three (3) palms per cluster, spaced at a maximum of
eight (8) feet on center, with a minimum of a four (4) foot difference in height between
each tree. Exceptions will be made for Roystonea spp. and Phoenix spp. (not including
roebelenii) which may be planted one (1) palm per cluster. A maximum distance of
twenty-five (25) feet between all types of tree clusters shall be maintained (See
Illustration 1 below).
d. All of the trees shall be a minimum of fourteen (14) feet in height at the time of
installation. Trees shall have a minimum of a three and one-half (31h) inch caliper at
twelve (12) inches above the ground and a six (6) foot spread. At installation, shrubs
shall be a minimum of ten ( 10) gallon, five (5) feet in height, with a three (3) foot
spread, planted four (4) feet on center.
2. Landscaping adjacent to all other property lines:
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a. Side property boundaries (other than those adjacent to rights-of-way) shall be planted
with single row hedges consistent with the minimum requirements of section 4.06.00,
Landscaping and Buffering.
b. Rear property boundaries (other than those adjacent to road rights-of-way) shall be
planted with a single row hedge. The hedge shall be a minimum height of four (4) feet at
planting, planted at three (3) feet on center, and shall be maintained at a height of five
(5) feet.
c. Curbing shall be installed and constructed, consistent with minimum code requirements,
between all paved areas and landscape areas.
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Illustration 1. Auto Service Station R.O.W. Landscape Requirements
E. Automobile service station sites shall be separated from adjacent residentially zoned or
residentially developed properties by an architecturally designed 6 foot high masonry wall or fence
F.
utilizing materials similar in color, module, and texture to those utilized for the building. Landscaping
shall be planted on the residential side of the fence or wall.
Lighting.
1.
2.
All lighting facilities shall be directed away from adjoining properties.
On-site luminaries shall be of low level, indirect diffuse type, and shall not exceed a height of
greater than twenty (20) feet above finished grade.
3. Lighting located underneath a canopy shall be of low level, indirect diffuse type designed to
provide light only to the pump island areas located underneath said canopy.
G. All restrooms shall be located inside or to the side or rear of the building.
H. As required by section 5.03.04, a six (6) foot high enclosed trash area to be integrated with the
design of the service station shall be provided.
I. Storage tanks shall be located below grade.
J. There shall be no outside displays of products, stacking of tires, or other merchandise.
K. No automobile service station shall have an entrance or exit for vehicles within 200 feet along the
same side of a street as a school, public playground, child care center, church, hospital, public
library, or any institution for dependents or for children, except where such property is in another
block.
L. Color accent banding on gasoline canopy structures and all other structures is prohibited. Canopies
shall be of one (1) color, consistent with the predominant color of the principal structure, if
applicable. The color of all structures on-site shall be of soft earth tones or pastels.
M. Each automobile service station shall provide the necessary infrastructure and pre-wiring in order
to provide the capabilities for generator service in case of emergencies.
N. In addition to the retail dispensing of automobile fuels and oil, only the following services may be
rendered and sales made, except as indicated:
1. Sales and servicing of spark plugs, batteries, distributors, and distributor parts.
2. Sales, mounting, balancing, and repair of tires and wheel alignments, but not recapping of
tires.
3. Sales and replacement of water hoses, fan belts, brake fluid, light bulbs, fuses, floor mats,
wiper blades, grease retainers, wheel bearings, shock absorbers, mirrors, exhaust systems,
and the like.
4. Provision of water, antifreeze, flushing of the cooling system, air conditioning recharge, and
the like.
5. Providing and repairing fuel pumps and lines.
6. Minor motor adjustments not involving removal of the head or crankcase.
7. Greasing and lubrication.
8. Sales of cold drinks, candies, tobacco, and similar convenience goods for service station
customers, but strictly and only as accessory and incidental to the principal business
operation.
9. Provision of road maps and other information.
10. No mechanical work shall be allowed outside of the enclosed areas.
11. Oil drainage pits or appliances for such purpose or repair purposes shall be located within a
wholly enclosed building.
12 · Uses permissible at an automobile service station do not include major mechanical and
body work, straightening of frames or body parts, steam cleaning, painting, welding, storage of
automobiles (except as expressly permitted in subsection 13. below), commercial garage as
an accessory use, or other work involving undue noise, glare, fumes, smoke, or other
characteristics to an extent greater than normally found in such stations. An automobile
service station is not a facility for the sale of automobile vehicles, a repair garage, a body
shop, or a truck stop.
13. The temporary storage of vehicles shall be permitted if the vehicles are to be serviced at the
service station or if the vehicles have been towed by the service station and are being held
for servicing, for an insurance company, or for salvage. Any such vehicle(s), other than those
vehicles serviced daily, shall be stored within an area surrounded by an opaque fence not
less than six (6) feet high. Said vehicles shall not be stored longer than sixty (60) days.
14. Washing and polishing of automobiles and sale of automobile washing and polishing materials,
but this only allows auto detailing as an accessory use. This provision does not allow
carwashes except in those zoning districts where a carwash is a permitted use, and where
such carwashes shall be subject to criteria specified in the zoning district.
0. Exceptions:
1. The site design standards set forth in 5.05.05 B.1. (table) shall not apply to, nor render
non-conforming, any existing automobile service station or any automobile service
station within a PUD in which a specific architectural rendering and site plan was approved
as part of a rezoning action prior to July 5, 1998.
2. The site design standards set forth in 5.05.05 F.-M. or any other applicable development
standard shall apply to existing automobile service stations pursuant to the provisions of
9.03.00 Nonconformities, and all other applicable sections of the Land Development Code.
(Ord. No. 09-43, § 3.A; Ord. No. 10-23, § 3.JJ; Ord. No. 13-56, § 3.S)