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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 14-314 Fuel stations.">
  <section prefix="§" num="14-314" heading="Fuel stations.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Pump limits.">A fuel station that abuts a residential district may not have more than 8 fuel pumps.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Canopy lighting.">
      <para num="(1)">Fuel station canopies must be designed with luminaires recessed under the canopy to minimize light pollution.</para>
      <para num="(2)">Light intensity directly under the canopy may not exceed 10 footcandles at any location.  All lighting mounted under the canopy, including auxiliary lighting within signage and panels over the pumps, are included in the 10-footcandle limit.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Effect on traffic.">All fuel station drive lanes must be designed and located to ensure that they will not adversely affect the safety and efficiency of traffic circulation on adjacent streets.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Alcoholic beverage sales prohibited.">The sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited.</para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Automatic car wash.">A fuel station may also include a free-standing self-service car wash with 1 bay.</para>
    <para num="(f)" heading="Yard requirements.">
      <para num="(1)">Fuel stations are not subject to the front yard requirements of the zoning district.</para>
      <para num="(2)">However:<para num="(i)">a landscaped front yard of at least 5 feet must be provided; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">if a fuel station adjoins a residential district, buffer yard landscaping is required in accordance with the Baltimore City Landscape Manual.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(g)" heading="Signs.">Signs must comply with:<para num="(1)">Title 17 {“Signs”} of this Code; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">all state and federal regulations for fuel station signs.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-581</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 18-216</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-181</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
