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BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DAiSVILLE
In the Matter of: )
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Adding Chapter 43 to Title 8 )
of the Municipal Code )
Regulating the Activities ) ORDINANCE NO. 44-84
and Conversion of Gasoline )
Service Stations and Amending )
the Contra Costa County Ordinance )
Code as Adopted by Reference %0 )
Permit Gasoline Statfons in the R-~ )
and C Land Use Districts )
The City Council of the City of Danville DOES ORDAIN
as follows:
SECTION 1. A new Chapter 43, Gasoline Service
Stations, comprised of Sections 8-4301 and 8-4302, is added
to Title 8 of the Municipal Code to read:
"CHAPTER 43
GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS
Section 8-4301 Permitted Activities
Section 8-4302 Conversion of Gasoline Service Stations
Section 8-4301. Permitted Activities. A gasoline
service station use which is an authorized land use under
this Title is limited to the following activities:
1) supplying goods and services essential to the
normal operation of automobiles, such as dispensing
fuel and motor oil; vehicle washing and lubricating
service; and the sale and servicing of tires,
batteries, replacement items and other automobile
accessories.
2) minor automobile repair including the repair
or replacement of all or portions of engines,
transmissions, power trains and wheels of vehicles
not exceeding one and one-half ton capacity. This
definition includes auto transmission repair, brake
and wheel repair, radiator repair, fuel and electrical
repair, and muffler repair and replacement. This
does not include body or fender work, painting, or
major automobile repair (repair and replacement of
frames and bodies and the repair or replacement of
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engines, transmissions, power trains and wheels of
vehicles exceeding one and one-half ton capacity).
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3) a towing service. As a condition of issuing
a land use permit for a gasoline service station,
the planning commission may limit the total nunlber
of tow trucks depending upon the size of the
parcel, adequacy of screening, compatibility with
surrounding uses and adequacy of public street
access.
4) sales accessory and incidental to the use of
the premises as a gasoline service station if
contained within the enclosed part of the building,
such as:
a. The sale through coin-operated vending
machines of candy, gum, soft drinks,
other non-alcoholic beverages or other
food products, but excluding snack shops
and convenience food marts.
b. The sale of small, non-food items such
as cigarettes, key chains, pens and maps.
The sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited.
5) other activity if expressly authorized by an
existing conditional use permit.
Section 8-4302. Conversion of Gasoline Service Stations.
a) Conversion to another permitted use. The conversion
of a premises designed for use as a gasoline service staticn
to another use permitted in the land use district is
subject to the following additional requirements:
1) no conversion is lawful until a development plan
for it has been submitted and approved by the
planning commission;
2) the structure shall meet building code standards
for the proposed permitted use;
3) each gasoline storage tank shall be filled with
a suitable material or removed;
4) bay doors shall be removed and replaced with a
permanent wall;
5) driveway and curb cuts shall be reconstructed
to suit the proposed use;
6) above-ground pumps, islands and canopies shall
be removed;
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7) the converted building shall satisfy energy
conservation requirements of the current Uniform
Building Code; and
8) the landscaping, parking, signs and architectural
design of the building are subject to approval by the
Planning Commission as part of the development plan and
shall be compatible with surrounding buildings in
color, material and style.
b) Combined ,,~e. A premises designed for use as a
gasoline service station may be combined with another
use permitted in the land use district (for example a
snack shop or convenience market) subject to the
following:
1) The combined use complies with section 8-4302(1),
(2), (5), (7), and (8).
2) The sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited.
3) In exercising its discretion for approving or
denying land use permits for mini-marts or snack shops,
the Planning Commission and City Council shall take
into account the concern to avoid the proliferation of
mini-marts and snack shops.
SRCTTON 9. Title 8, Zoning, of the Contra Costa
Ordinance Code (previously adopted by the City by reference)
is amended in the following manner to allow gasoline service
stations in the R-B retail business district and the C
general commercial district with a land use permit.
a) Section 84-52.404 (Uses - Requiring a land use permit)
is amended by adding a new subsection (15) to read:
"(15) Gasoline service station."
b) Section 84-54.404 (Uses - Requiring land use permit is
amended by adding a new subsection (8) to read:
'(8) Gasoline service station".
SRCTION 3. p,b]ic~tion. The City Clerk shall either
a) have this ordinance published once within 15 days after
adoption in a newspaper of general circulation or b) have a
general circulation, once five days before its adoption and
again within 15 days after adoption.
SRCT?ON 4. Effective n~te. This ordinance becomes
effective 30 days after its adoption.
The foregoing ordinance was introduced at a meeting of
the City Council of the City of Danville held on
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i~arch 18 , 1985, and was adopted and ordered
published at a meeting of the Council held on
April 15 , 198~, by the following vote:
AYES: Lane, May, Mc Neely, 0ffenhartz, Schlendorf
NOES: None
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ABSENT: None !
MAYOR
ATTEST: 1 ~
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