Part III Use Standards | 16.307 Automobile Service Stations
16.307 AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATIONS 16.307.01 PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY These regulations are intended to ensure that Service Stations do not result in adverse impacts on adjacent land uses, especially residential uses, due to: A. The traffic, glare and patterns of use associated with Service Stations, particularly those open 24 hours per day, may be incompatible with nearby uses and especially residential use; B. Their typically longer hours of operation may result in a higher incidence of crime. The following requirements apply to all new Service Stations and existing Service Stations proposing an expansion of 10 percent or greater in floor area.
16.307.02 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS A. Locational Limitations. Service stations shall be located at the intersection of 2 major streets or a major and a collector street, or as part of a planned shopping center, freeway-oriented commercial services complex, or other planned commercial concentration. B. Minimum Parcel Size. The minimum parcel size for development of a Service Station is 15,000 square feet except for those operated as part of a planned complex. C. Minimum Street Frontage. Each parcel shall have a minimum street frontage of 100 feet on each abutting street. D. Setbacks. No building or structure shall be located within 30 feet of any public right-of-way or within 20 feet of any interior parcel line. E. Gasoline Pumps. Gasoline pumps shall be located at least 15 feet from any property line and a minimum of 20 feet from any public right-of-way. F. Canopies. Canopies shall be located at least 5 feet from any property line. G. Screening. Service Stations shall be separated from an adjacent property by a decorative masonry wall or vegetative screening, not less than 6 feet in height. Materials, textures, colors and design of all walls shall be compatible with the design of the Service Station design. Required screening walls shall comply with Section 16.501.11, Visibility at Intersections, Alleys, and Driveways. Draft: 01/06/2021
1. Service stations that abut or are across an alley from a residential zoning district shall comply with all the following standards: a. A 6-foot masonry wall at shall be constructed along the property line abutting the residential zoning district or along the property line which is across the alley from said zoning district; b. All site lighting and lighted signs shall be directed away or shielded from the residential zoning district; c. The use shall comply with the front and side yard requirements applicable to the affected residential zoning district. All required yards shall be appropriately landscaped. d. Existing chain link and barbed wire fencing, bollards and chains shall be removed and replaced with fencing consistent with the requirements of Section 16.504.03, Landscaping Standards from any existing Service Station proposing an expansion of 10 percent or greater in floor area or reconfiguration of existing pumps, addition of new pumps, or new canopy structures. H. Landscaping. The Service Station site shall be landscaped consistent with Chapter 16.504, Landscaping, and the following standards: 1. A minimum of 15 percent of the site shall be landscaped. A planting strip at least 5 feet wide shall be provided along all street frontages and at least 3 feet wide along all interior property lines and adjacent to buildings. Planters shall be surrounded by masonry or concrete curbs and arranged so as to preclude motor vehicles from driving across the sidewalk at locations other than access driveways. 2. Permanent opaque landscaping or berms shall be provided and maintained in the planters at a height of not less than 3 feet above the average adjacent grade. 3. A landscaped planter at least 150 square feet in area shall be provided at the intersection of 2 property lines at a street corner. 4. All existing street trees shall be preserved or replaced where missing, as required by Chapter 16.504, Landscaping subject to review and approval by the City Engineer. Driveways and vehicle approaches shall be designed so as not to necessitate the removal of any existing street trees. TITLE 16: ZONING CODE | VALLEJO, CA 111
