5.108 Car Wash
Self-service and full-service car wash facilities may be permitted in accordance with the Use Table in Chapter 4, Articles 6 and 8, subject to the following conditions.
- All washing facilities shall occur under a roofed area with at least two walls.
- Vacuuming facilities may be outside the building but shall not be in the front yard and shall not be closer than 25 feet from any residential district.
- The building surfaces shall be faced with masonry, porcelainized steel, baked enamel steel or other material equal in durability and appearance.
- The building shall not be less than 100 feet from any residential district.
- The building shall set back not less than 25 feet from the front property line.
- Off-street parking shall be provided on the property in the ratio of not less than three parking spaces for each washing stall, or five parking spaces for each automobile that may be accommodated on the washing line within a full-service building.
- All off-street parking areas shall be hard-surfaced and dust-free.
- Any lights used to illuminate the area shall be directed away from adjacent residential properties.
- A permanent screening fence or wall not less than six feet in height shall be constructed along any site property line which abuts a residential district.