§ 50-743. Automobile service or repair and service or repair stations.

The following provisions apply to automobile service or repair and automobile service or repair stations:

(1)

The service or repair station shall be located in a commercial zoning district or within the boundaries of a rural commercial node or approved planned united development.

(2)

The road providing access to the service or repair station shall be a paved county or state road with a minimum functional classification of major collector as designated by the traffic circulation element of the comprehensive plan or defined herein.

(3)

Parking areas, entrance and exit drives shall be paved.

(4)

All lighting shall be screened or shielded to protect adjacent residential uses.

(5)

All oil drainage pits and hydraulic lifts shall be located within an enclosed structure and shall be located no closer than 50 feet to any property line.

(6)

A chemical fire extinguisher shall be provided at each fuel pump, plus one in the principal building, with the size to be determined by the county fire marshal, or by the chief of the fire district having jurisdiction.

(7)

No service or repair station shall have an entrance or exit for vehicles within 200 feet as measured along public street in which there exists a school, public playground, church, chapel, convent, hospital or public library. Gasoline pumps shall be set back at least 30 feet from any right-of-way line. No driveway shall be closer than 100 feet to any intersection.

(8)

For new construction, all pump islands shall be set back at least 30 feet from a road right-of-way line.

(9)

Where the service or repair station abuts a residential district, that boundary shall be surrounded by a visual barrier as defined in section 50-823.

(1991 LDR ch. 79, § 6.01(G)(34); Ord. No. 2007-03, § 22, 7-17-2007; Ord. No. 2007-06, § 7, 11-20-2007)