17.40.250 Service stations and service station conversions.
A. Purpose and Applicability. This section provides design requirements for new service stations (gasoline) and service station conversions, subject to applicable discretionary approvals.
B. Development Standards – New Service Stations.
1. New service stations shall be permitted only at the intersections of arterial, state highway and collector streets. A maximum of one service station shall be permitted at each intersection. The use shall not face a residential land use district.
2. The minimum parcel size shall be ten thousand square feet, with a minimum street frontage of one hundred feet on each street.
3. All activities and operations shall be conducted entirely within an enclosed structure, except as follows:
a. The dispensing of petroleum products, water and air from pump islands,
b. The provision of emergency service of a minor nature,
c. The sale of items via vending machines shall be placed next to the main structure in an area not to exceed thirty-two square feet and shall be screened from public view.
4. Pump islands shall be located behind the front yard setback line, or twenty-five feet from a street property line, whichever is greater; however, a canopy or roof structure over a pump island may encroach up to three feet in the required setbacks. The maximum number of points of ingress/egress to any one street shall be two except in the case of state highways where a maximum of one shall be permitted.
5. There shall be a minimum distance of one hundred feet between curb cuts along a street frontage.
6. No driveway shall be located closer than fifty feet to the curb return, except in the case of a state highway where the minimum distance shall be one hundred feet.
7. The width of a driveway shall comply with city of Wasco improvement standards.
8. On-site parking shall comply with Chapter 17.36.
9. Outside storage of motor vehicles shall be prohibited.
10. No vehicles may be parked on sidewalks, parkways, driveways or alleys.
11. No vehicle may be parked on the premises for the purpose of advertising same for sale.
12. Landscaping shall comprise a minimum of five percent of the service station site area, exclusive of required setbacks, and shall be provided and permanently maintained according to the following regulations and those contained in Chapter 17.34:
a. A minimum five-foot wide planter shall be provided along interior property lines, except for openings to facilitate vehicular circulation to adjacent properties,
b. A planter area of not less than two hundred square feet shall be provided at the corner of two intersecting streets. Landscaping shall have clearance below six feet and above thirty inches,
c. A minimum of fifty square feet of planter area shall be located along those portions of the main structure fronting on a public street,
d. Additional landscaping may be required to screen the service station from adjacent properties.
13. Openings of service bays shall not face public rights-of-way and shall be designed to minimize the visual intrusion onto adjoining properties.
14. No used or discarded automotive parts or equipment, or disabled, junked or wrecked vehicles may be located in any open area outside the main structure.
15. Every parcel with a structure shall have a trash receptacle on the premises. The trash receptacle shall comply with adopted public works 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.
16. Lighting shall comply with city of Wasco improvement standards for on-site and off-site illumination; provided, however, that canopy luminaires, and lights in excess of one hundred fifty watts should not be visible from the public right-of-way or adjoining properties.
17. Restroom entrances should be located within the structure; however, if access is from the outside of the structure, the view from adjacent properties or public rights-of-way shall be concealed by planters or decorative screening.
18. Noise from bells or loudspeakers shall not exceed sixty-five decibels at the property line at any time.
19. All parking, loading, circulation aisles and pump island bay areas shall be constructed with Portland cement concrete.
C. Development Standards – Service Station Conversions. A structure originally constructed as a service station and which is proposed for conversion to another allowable use, regardless of current use, shall require upgrading and remodeling for such items as, but not limited to, removal of all gasoline appurtenances, removal of canopies, signage, removal of pump islands, removal of gas tank, removal of overhead doors, nonconforming structures, additional street improvements to conform to access regulations, exterior remodeling, and any additional standards as required by this zoning ordinance. (Ord. 706 § 3 (Exh. A), 2019).