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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 That Sections 25-16.16 and 25-16.17 of Ordinance No. 570, the Zoning Ordinance, are repealed in their entirety.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. -2- 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. - 3- 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. -4- AYES: BYORK, GREEN, MORRIS, ROWS, THOMPSON NOES: NONE ABSENT: NONE ~ ~~?~~' LOUIS THOMPSON, MA R City of Lynwood ATTEST: ANDREA HOOPER, CITY C ERK City of Lynwood APPRO ED AS TO ORM: / ~_ City Att rney APPROVED AS TO CONTENT: _ ~ ~ S DRA READ, DIRECTOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT -5- 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