Motor vehicle service stations shall be granted a special permit
only in conformity with the following:
No location shall be approved if a vehicular entrance or exit
will be so located as to create an unusual hazard. Lanes of entry
shall be separated from lanes of egress by not less than 40 feet,
shall be clearly distinguished by directional signs or markers, and
shall be clearly channeled through use of curbed planting areas or
similar devices. Entrances and exits together shall occupy not more
than 40% of the lot frontage.
No location shall be approved if a vehicular entrance or exit
will be so located as to cross a major pedestrian flow, such as on
sidewalks servicing churches, schools, recreation areas, or compact
retail districts.
No entrance or exit shall be located within 20 feet of a side
lot line, or within 50 feet of the intersection of sidelines of intersecting
streets. Egressing vehicles shall have at least 400 feet visibility
in each travel direction.
There shall be at least two additional waiting spaces per filling
position.
No service building shall be located within 40 feet of a street
line, and no pump or other dispensing device, moveable sign or display,
nor temporary or permanent storage of merchandise, shall be located
within 20 feet of a street line.
No fuel storage tank shall be located within 20 feet of any
lot line.
Self-service gasoline stations shall be allowed by grant of
a special permit from the Bellingham Board of Selectmen.
