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ORDINANCE NO. NS-1207 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ;ANTA ANA REGULATING THE LOCATION, DESIGN, OPERATION ~D MAINTENANCE OF SERVICE STATIONS AND PROVIDING THE ABATEMENT OF CLOSED, VACANT AND INOPERATIVE ICE STATIONS AS PUBLIC NUISANCES. THI ITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTI l: The City Council of the City of Santa Ana finds and determin that: In adopt' service statior of design and more important o development standards and zoning regulations for consideration must be given to important elements ation that are unique to service stations. The hese elements are: 1. Service ions are ent' ely dependent on vehicular traffic. 2. Their physi distinctive as to set them apart Service stat accompanied b~ advertising wh ing to the peac sirable. These because service capable of be' distraction at marily an outdoor use, usually are, outdoor sales and outdoor equently distracting, disturb- 'ea and aesthetically unde- substantially increased ~ns are generally not osed so as to diminish the noise, htliness. 4. The architect of advertising, outdoor display of merc)kl~dise and ge ral appearance of disorder of many ser~ce stations ~quire that, in addition to reasons ~i~xxp~blic heal ~kand safety, the aesthetic con- cerns of t~eX,)community a~d the general welfare should be proceed by regulatio~ of the location, design, cons.tr~u~t~l)n, operation a~d maintenance of service s ta t~xx] ~ 5. ~¥ice k~ ti ti°n~an~taactivities visible :o all. Se tatlons constitute' ~en land uses w~th opera 6. Service station hours of o 'on are normally longer than most other commercial use 7. Numerically, there are more :e stations than any other single type of commercial in the City. 8. All service stations in the City h( frontage on an arterial highway. 9. Of the 172 service stations presentl in operation, 164, or 96%, of all such stations are ocated at street intersections. In order to control the proliferation of th ~lements that make service stations unique and so as to protect he health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the City of tnta Ana, it is necessary and desirable to provide an "S" Station Dis- trict which will regulate the location, design, ruction, operation and maintenance of service stations, and ~rovide for abatement of abandoned service stations.