HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrd. 1185ORDINANCE N0. 1185
AN GRDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF LYNWOOD AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 570, THE
ZONING ORDINANCE, REGARDING GASOLINE SERVICE
STATION STANDARDS.
The City Council of the City of Lynwood DOES HEREBY
ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. That Sections 25-16.16 and 25-16.17 of
Ordinance No. 570, the Zoning Ordinance, are repealed in their
entirety.
SECTION 2. That Sections 25-16.16 and 25-16.17 are
added to Ordinance No. 570, the Zoning Ordinance, to read as
follows:
25-16.16 Conditional Use Permits for Automobile Service
Stations.
a. The City Council of the City of Lynwood finds that
traffic within the City is increasing appreciably and that such
commercial uses as an automobile service station, which depends
entirely on and provides services specifically for the automobile
and which is generally located at street intersections, generates
additional traffic movements creating friction which interrupts
the efficient flow of traffic and adds to the vehicular congestion,
thereby contributing to the potential traffic hazards at such
intersections, to the detriment of the public health, safety and
welfare. The City Council further finds that automobile service
stations differ from other uses because of unique characteristics
relating to the design of the service station site, its physical
appearance and nature of operations, the noise generated, hours of
operation, inflammable nature of products handled, and vehicular
traffic generated.
b. Notwithstanding any other provision of the zoning
ordinance, no automobile service station shall be constructed or
reconstructed unless a conditional use permit is obtained as pro-
vided in paragraph c. of this subsection. Unless a conditional
use permit has been obtained as provided in paragraph c., no
automobile service station shall be moved into, occupied, licensed
or permitted in any commercial or manufacturing zone. All other
requirements of law shall be met in addition to obtaining the
conditional use permit required by this subsection.
c. The application for a conditional use permit shall
be made per the procedures outlined in Section 25-25.2 of this
chapter. The Planning Commission shall make the findings speci-
fied in Section 25-25.7 of this chapter before granting any auto-
mobile service station conditional use permit.
25-16.17 Gasoline Service Station Standards.
a. Intent. It is the intent of subsection 25-16.16 and
these standards to provide a reasonable control of gasoline service
stations as they relate to the zoning patterns of the City and the
adopted elements of the Lynwood General Plan. They shall also
provide for adequate sites, regulation of design and control of
gasoline service stations so that they will not be injurious to
the general welfare of the community.
b. Site Plan. A site plan of adequate scale shall be
required of all persons wishing to apply for a Conditional Use
Permit to operate a gasoline service station. Said site plan
shall identify but not be limited to including all easements
public or private, streets, public utilities, dimensions and
square footage of land parcels included, location and dimensions
of existing or proposed buildings or improvements and such other
information as may be required.
c. Autom obife Service Station Defined. An automobile
service station shall be a retail place of business engaged in
the sale of motor fuels and in supplying goods and services
generally required in the operation and maintenance of automotive
vehicles and fulfilling of motorist needs. These may include sale
of petroleum products, sale and servicing of tires, batteries,
automotive accessories and replacement items; washing and lubri-
cation services, the performance of minor automotive maintenance
and repair; and the supplying of other incidental customer ser-
vices and products. Display racks of automotive-related products
may be located on pump islands or in an area within five (5) feet
of the.buildir.g.
The sale of unrelated automotive items shall be per-
mitted when conducted in conjunction with merchandising and sales
programs of a temporary nature, and are subject to written approval
of the Secretary of the Planning Commission.
d. Signs. Existing sign ordinances adopted by the City
shall be applicable to the installation on service station sites;
specific control of signs commonly related to gasoline service
stations shall be regulated as follows:
1. One (1) free standing pole sign per site shall
be permitted, limited to a maximum height of twenty-
five (25) feet. The height is to be measured from the
finished grade. The area of such sign shall not exceed
one hundred (100) square feet.
2. Two (2) identifying signs or symbols, mounted
on the building wall or service island canopy shall be
permitted. Maximum area of each sign or symbol shall
be twenty (20) square feet.
3: One (1) price and/or service description sign
per street frontage shall be permitted not to exceed
twenty (20) square feet per sign face. These signs
must be mounted in a permanent structure, the design
character and materials must be compatible with the
main building.
4. Advertising signs or devices, banners and flags
are prohibited except as permitted by written approval
of the Secretary of the Planning Commission for specific
time periods (exclusive of the American Flag and the
California State Flag).
e. Setbacks. A ter. (10) foot setback from any property
line shall be required. This requirement shall apply to any part
of the structure, including roof or eave overhangs and canopies.
f. Landscaping. All landscaping shall be maintained
in a neat and orderly fashion. This shall include proper pruning,
mowing of lawns, weeding, removal of litter, fertilizing, replace-
ment of plants when necessary and the regular watering of all
plants by permanently installed water sprinkling systems.
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Landscaped planters of three (3) foot minimum width
shall be provided along street frontages except for driveway
approaches. If the interior property line abuts a residential
use, it shall be landscaped as described for street fronting
property lines.
All planter areas shall be protected by a six (6) inch
concrete curb at least six (6) inches higher than the adjacent
finish grade. Landscaping excepting trees, along all streets and
boundaries shall be limited to a height of not more than three
and one-half (3 1/2) feet within twenty (20) feet of the inter-
section of the street and access drives.
Trees located in the parkway area adjacent to public
streets shall be a minimum size of fifteen (15) gal. Landscape
plans shall be submitted to the Community Development Department
for review prior to final approval of the site plan.
g. Circulation and Public Improvements. The site plan
shall be reviewed and approved by the City Department of Public
Works. The plan shall be approved as to the adequacy of all pro-
posed improvements as well as conformance with adopted City
ordinances. Improvements shall include but not be limited to
construction, reconstruction or placement of sidewalks, curbs,
gutters, approaches or public utilities. There shall be no more
than two (2) driveways on any street frontage. No curb cut shall
be closer than five (5) feet from the beginning of the curb re-
turn at the corner of an intersection. Curb cuts shall be a
minimum of twenty five (25) feet apart.
h. Lot Size. The minimum area for a new or reconstruc-
ted service station site shall be fifteen thousand (15,000) square
feet.
i. Parking. A minimum of one (1) parking space for
each employee on any one (1) shift, one (1) space for each
service bay and one (1) space for each service vehicle shall be
provided on the site.
j. Refuse Area. An enclosed refuse area, consisting
of a six (6) foot high masonry structure, shall be provided on
each site. Such structure shall contain at least three (3) sides.
k. Vehicle or Equipment Rentals. All rentals of
vehicles or other equipment shall be performed in conformance
with the following standards:
1. Site area sufficient for the parking of rental
rehicles must be provided in addition to the minimum
area required for the station and no more than ten (l0i)
per cent of the total area may be occupied by rental
vehicles.
2. Rental vehicles may not be parked in the re-
quired automobile parking spaces, nor in the area
between the building setback lines and the street right-
of-way lines.
3. Rental trailers must be parked within a six (6)
foot high solid enclosure screening them from view of
the street or adjacent property.
1. Rest Room Screening. Rest room entrances shall be
protected from public view by an approved landscaped planter or
decorative screen.
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m. Vacation or Abandonment. When any service station
operating under an approved conditional use permit becomes vacant,
the gasoline storage tanks at that station shall be secured with
methods approved by the local fire marshall. If any service
station is vacant for a period exceeding six (6) months all im-
provements shall be removed and any existing conditional use permit
shall be void. A bond to cover abatement costs or a letter of
intent assuring compliance with the time limits established above
shall be deposited with the City and approved as to form and con-
tent by the City Attorney. The letter of intent shall contain a
statement authorizing City action on the property to accomplish
the removal of improvements and shall provide a means by which the
City shall be reimbursed for their expenses incurred.
n. Nonconforming Service Stations. Existing service
station lots, structures and site developments which do not con-
form to the location or development standards of this part and/or
which do not have conditional use permits are deemed nonconforming
and the provisions of Section 25-15 shall apply. An existing
nonconforming service station may be renovated, remodeled or re-
built upon obtaining a Conditional Use Permit provided that the
Planning Commission finds that the proposed improvement brings the
station into substantial compliance with the requirements and
.restrictions of this part.
o. Modification of Standards. The above standards
constitute the minimum deemed necessary under general circum-
stances and in most cases to prevent adverse effects on the public
peace, health, safety and general welfare by automobile service
station uses, and that where necessary to prevent such adverse
effects in a particular case under appropriate circumstances,
other and further conditions may be added to any Conditional Use
Permit. Any one or more of the above standards may be modified
or waived by appropriate action of the Planning Commission upon a
showing by the applicant that its imposition would be unnecessary,
unfair or unduly burdensome.
(Ord. No. 971.)
SECTION 3. Severability. In any section, subsection,
subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance,
or the application thereof to any person or place, is for any
reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of
any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portions of the ordinance or
its application to other persons or places. The City Council
hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance, and
each section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase
or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more
sections, subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases,
or portions of the application thereof to any person or place be
declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk is hereby ordered and directed
to certify to the passage of this ordinance and to cause the same
to be published once in the Lynwood Press, a newspaper of general
circulation, printed, published and circulated in the City of
Lynwood.
First read at a regular meeting of the City Council of
said City held on the Sth day of nct~ e 1982.
and finally ordered published at a regular meeting of said Council
held on the' 19th day of Octnhar 1982.
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AYES: BYORK, GREEN, MORRIS, ROWS, THOMPSON
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
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LOUIS THOMPSON, MA R
City of Lynwood
ATTEST:
ANDREA HOOPER, CITY C ERK
City of Lynwood
APPRO ED AS TO ORM:
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City Att rney
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
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S DRA READ, DIRECTOR
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES j ss.
I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Lynwood, and
ex-officio clerk of the Council cf said City, do hereby certify that the
above is a true and correct copy of Ordinance No. iiRS adopted by
the City Council of the City of Lynwood, and that the same was passed on
the date and by the vote therein stated.
Dated this 21st day of October 1982.
(SEAL)
City Clerk, City or Lynwood