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The City Council of the City of Opelika will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, December 6, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of the Municipal Building, 204 S. 7th Street, Opelika, Lee County, Alabama, to consider the adoption of an ordinance to amend the text of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Opelika in the following respect:
That Section 2.2, “DEFINITIONS” is further amended to add the following definition of “Truck Fueling Station”
TRUCK FUELING STATION Any fuel sales facility selling and dispensing motor fuels, other petroleum products or accessories for trucks, tractor-trailer rigs, buses and similar commercial freight vehicles where the gas dispensing facilities are designed to primarily service semi-tractors or tractor-trailer truck vehicles. A truck fueling station shall not include premises where vehicle repair and maintenance activities are conducted by the business. A truck fueling station shall not offer overnight accommodations, shower facilities or restaurant. No more than twelve (12) parking spaces for tractor-trailer vehicles shall be permitted on site. A truck fueling station may include a convenience store where limited food products, beverages and household items are sold.
That the use categories in the matrix table in Section 7.3, as amended, are further amended to provide for the use category of “Truck Fueling Station” as follows:
Truck Fueling Stations shall be allowed in the C-3 (General Commercial), M-1 (Industrial) and GC (Gateway Corridors) as a conditional use. Truck Fueling Stations are not allowed in the R-1, R-1A, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5, R-5M, C-1, C-2, M-2 or I-1 districts.
The matrix table in Section 7.3 for “Truck Fueling Station” shall read as follows:
Uses: Districts:
R-1 R-1A R-2 R-3 R-4 R-4M R-5 R-5M C-1 C-2 C-3 M-1 M-2 I-1 GC
Truck Fueling Station N N N N N N N N N N C C N N C
Except as specifically amended or changed therein, all other use categories as shown in the matrix table shall remain in full force and effect.
Public Notice of this public hearing with insertion of the proposed ordinance was first published on November 9th, 2016 in the Opelika Observer. This notice is given pursuant to Section 11-52-78 Code of Alabama (1975).
THIS NOTICE is given under my hand this the 16th day of November, 2016.
/s/ R. G. Shuman
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF OPELIKA, ALABAMA
Legal run 11/16/16
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