[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.