[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the City
of Beacon 6-4-2001 by L.L. No. 9-2001. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Vehicle repair, painting of vehicles and sale
of vehicles are prohibited in all zoning districts subject to the
following exceptions:
A.
Minor vehicle repair of a registered vehicle which
does not render the vehicle inoperable is permitted to take place
on real property owned and occupied by the person performing the repairs.
All repairs must be conducted in a fully enclosed building or at an
approved off-street parking location. Any such repairs can only take
place on vehicles owned by the real property owner who actually occupies
said real property.
B.
A vehicle of any type is permitted to undergo major
overhaul, including body work, provided such work is performed inside
a structure or an enclosed area specifically designed, approved and
licensed for such purposes.
C.
The sale of vehicles is authorized by licensed dealers
of new and used vehicles. The owner and occupant of real property
shall be allowed to sell any vehicle registered or formerly registered
to said real property owner/occupant.
[Added 10-21-2002 by L.L. No. 28-2002]
A.
In any district where permitted, gasoline filling
stations, motor vehicle repair shops, motor vehicle body shops, and
motor vehicle detail shops shall be subject to the following regulations:
(1)
The area for use by motor vehicles (as the term "motor vehicle" is defined in § 209-2), except access drives thereto, as well as any structures, shall not encroach on any required yard area.
(2)
No fuel pump shall be located closer than 15 feet
to any side lot line or any street line, measured from the outside
edge of the fuel island.
(3)
All repair work which renders the motor vehicle inoperative
for more than 24 hours shall be done within a completely enclosed
building. No more than three unregistered motor vehicles may be parked
unscreened on the property while under active repair. The parking
of any unregistered motor vehicle is limited to the time the motor
vehicle is actively under repair, not to exceed eight weeks, with
the following exception: up to a grand total of six unregistered motor
vehicles, which includes both screened and unscreened motor vehicles,
may be parked on the property if properly screened from view from
any street or public way in a manner approved by the City. The term
"properly screened" shall include, but not necessarily be limited
to, screening with solid or in-filled fencing with neutral colors
and/or shrubbery and trees.
(4)
Each gasoline filling station site shall be designated
so as to provide for the maximum safety of motor vehicles entering
and exiting the site, for the free flow of traffic and the avoidance
of congestion on the adjoining street system and for the safe circulation
of pedestrians along all portions of the site's street frontage. The
City Council, as a condition of the issuance of a special use permit,
may require the applicant to construct such pedestrian and traffic
facilities or improvements immediately related to the site as, in
its opinion, are necessary to satisfy these objectives.
(5)
At least 10 off-street parking spaces shall be provided
for each gasoline filling station, but in no case shall the number
of such spaces be fewer than three for each service station bay.
B.
Within the GB General Business District, gasoline
filling stations shall comply with the following additional standards
and requirements:
[Amended 6-15-2020 by L.L. No. 7-2020]
(1)
The site for each gasoline filling station shall have
a street frontage of at least 100 feet and an area of at least 10,000
square feet.
(2)
No new gasoline filling station shall be permitted
to locate within 750 feet of any portion of an existing gasoline filling
station.
(3)
Along all property boundaries adjoining streets, a
continuous landscaped area shall be maintained, except where interrupted
by permitted access drives. The City Council may, in approving the
issuance of a special use permit, require such other additional landscaping
and screening as set forth above as, in its opinion, may be necessary
or appropriate for the proper development of the particular site.
