“Convenience store” is defined as a retail store generally containing less than five thousand square feet of gross floor area that is designed and stocked to sell primarily food, beverages, and other household supplies to customers. It is designed to attract a large volume of stop-and-go traffic.

1. Minimum site area shall be ten thousand square feet.

2. One access drive may be permitted for each street frontage, subject to city engineer approval. Access to state highways is subject to Caltrans approval.

3. No convenience store shall have a point of entrance that is less than one thousand feet from a previously approved convenience store, except in such cases when a physical feature such as State Highway 46, serves as a pedestrian barrier that could potentially expose persons to dangerous situations.

4. All on-site lighting shall be energy efficient, stationary and directed away from adjoining properties and public rights-of-way.

5. The premises shall be kept in a neat and orderly condition at all times.

6. Each convenience store shall have a trash receptacle on the premises. The trash receptacle shall comply with adopted subdivision ordinance standards and be of sufficient size to accommodate the trash generated. The receptacles shall be screened from public view on at least three sides with gate access on the fourth side. All screening devices shall comply with city of Wasco improvement standards for bin enclosures.

7. If on-site dispensing of automotive fuels is provided, the design, location and operation of these facilities shall be consistent with the provisions of Section 17.40.250. Additionally, the cashier location shall provide direct visual access to the pump islands, the vehicles parked adjacent to the islands and propane storage area if applicable.

8. A bicycle rack shall be installed in a convenient location visible from the inside of the store.

9. Each convenience store shall provide a public restroom located within the store.

10. On-site video games may not be installed or operated on the premises.

11. A convenience store adjacent to any residentially designated district shall have a six-foot high decorative masonry wall and landscaping along the property lines adjacent to such districts.

12. All parking, loading, circulation aisles, and pump island bay areas shall be constructed with PCC concrete. (Ord. 706 § 3 (Exh. A), 2019).