For the purpose of interpreting, construing and applying the
provisions of this article, the following definitions shall be observed:
GASOLINE SERVICE STATION
An establishment in which the principal activity is the retail
sale of gasoline and storage of said gasoline for retail sale at the
subject premises, together with the ancillary sale and/or use of oil,
grease, and other petroleum products related to the servicing of motor
vehicles at the subject premises.
The following uses are hereby permitted in a Gasoline Service
Station Overlay District only upon permission given by the Board of
Trustees and a duly noticed public hearing:
A. Gasoline service station and appurtenances such as gasoline pumps,
underground storage tanks, and appropriate storage tanks for waste
oils, lubricants, and/or other fuels.
B. Major repairs when performed wholly within the principal building.
C. Minor repairs that apply to the furnishing of the services of maintenance,
supply, installation, and minor adjustment customarily furnished at
a gasoline service station.
D. Gasoline service station convenience stores which are conducted within
the same principal building.
E. Instruments capable of inflating automobile tires at no charge to
the user thereof and available to motorists at all times the gasoline
station is open, provided the compressor is housed wholly within the
principal building.
F. Exterior instruments for vacuuming of the interior of vehicles.
G. The storage of trash must be maintained in those areas designated
on an approved site plan.
H. Car washes, as an ancillary use only, to the gasoline service station
shall be permitted upon approval of the Board of Trustees, and only
upon a duly noticed and published public hearing.
I. Self-service pump operation shall be permitted upon approval of the
Board of Trustees and only upon a duly noticed and published public
hearing. However, one full-service island shall be available to a
handicapped motorist for the hours of operation of said station.
The following uses are hereby prohibited in a Gasoline Service
Station Overlay District:
A. Major repairs, except those performed exclusively within the principal
building.
B. Outdoor portable or stationary lifts and pits.
C. Vending machines, excluding air pressure and vacuum machines, unless
within the principal building.
D. Sale, lease, rental, storage or display of new and used motor vehicles.
E. Commercial parking of motor vehicles, trailers, boats, and other
water-based craft.
F. Outside storage of motor vehicles for a period in excess of 12 hours,
unless they are enclosed in the principal building.
G. The storage of vehicles incapable of self-propulsion out-of-doors
at any time.
H. Displays of merchandise outside the principal building except for
small displays at the pump islands of lubricating oils, additives,
waxes, polishes, windshield wiper blades, and other similar small
items for retail sale.
I. Body and fender repair, collision work or painting, storage of automobile
parts, dismantled vehicles or similar items stored in the open.
All gasoline pumps, islands, and canopies covering gasoline
pumps shall be set back at least 25 feet from any street property
line and at least 25 feet from any side or rear property line. All
canopies are to be kept in good condition.
All buffer zones, unless explicitly changed and/or modified
under this article, shall be in conformity with the provisions of
the Village Code.
Any loading and/or unloading area must be a dedicated area on
a site plan.
In the case of a gasoline service station, the existing parking
regulations in the current Village Code shall apply. In the event
of a proposed gasoline filling station/convenience store, parking
shall be calculated on the basis of one parking space per 400 square
feet of the floor area of the principal building or structure plus
two for each tenant of the building or structure.
Landscaping of the site shall be as per the Site Plan Review
Board and must be maintained at all times.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this
article 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 this article.