[G.O. No. 1489, § I]
The purpose of this article is to ameliorate and to mitigate
negative impacts to adjacent residential property caused by the night
time activities of automobile body repair shops and gasoline service
stations and public garages. The nuisance factors associated with
these uses, including vehicular traffic and customer related activities
and noise, repair equipment noise and night lighting would have a
detrimental effect on residential uses located in close proximity
to the public garage, automobile body repair shops and gasoline service
stations.
[G.O. No. 1489, § I]
For purposes of this article the following definitions shall
apply:
(a)
PUBLIC GARAGE — Any building structure, lot or land on or upon
which a business service or industry involving the storage, maintenance,
washing or servicing and storage in connection therewith of motor
vehicles or boats is maintained, conducted, or rendered but where
motor fuel is not offered for sale to the public, but shall not include
a building structure, lot or land on which a business is conducted
which involves automobile body repair or painting.
(b)
GASOLINE SERVICE STATION — Any building structure, lot or land
on or upon which a business, service or industry involving the storage,
maintenance, washing or servicing and storage in connection therewith
of motor vehicles is maintained, conducted, operated or rendered and
in association therewith, motor fuel is offered for sale to the public
or where only gasoline is offered for sale. Gasoline service stations
shall not include any building structure, lot or land on or upon which
a business is conducted which involves automobile body repair or painting.
(c)
AUTOMOBILE BODY REPAIR SHOP — Any building structure, lot or
land on or upon which a business, service or industry involving the
repair and/or painting of motor vehicle bodies, and storage in connection
therewith is maintained, conducted, operated or rendered.
(d)
RESIDENTIAL DWELLING — Any space in a building or structure
suitable or intended for human habitation, whether actually occupied
or not.
[G.O. No. 1489, I]
All gasoline service stations, public garages or automobile
body repair shops, that are located less than 100 feet from a residential
dwelling as measured from the perimeter of the lot line of the property
containing the residential dwelling to the perimeter of the lot line
of the property containing the gas service station, public garage,
or automobile body repair shop shall be closed between the hours of
11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on every day of the year.
