In addition to the above regulations, business establishments for motor vehicle sales, new or new and used, or automobile leasing permitted in a C3 General Business District shall comply with the following standards. Conditionally permitted establishments in the C2 Retail Business District shall also comply with the regulations set forth in Title Five.
(a) The sale and/or lease of new motor vehicles as a principal use shall be conducted by a dealer who is subject to a franchise agreement principally for the sale of new motor vehicles. The sale and/or lease of used motor vehicles may be permitted as an accessory use to such principal use; such accessory use may be located on a lot other than the lot on which the principal use is located. The sale of used motor vehicles is not a permitted principal use.
(b) The service garage, leasing department and other activities customarily incidental to a full service franchised automobile dealer shall be permitted as accessory to the sale of automobiles provided these activities are conducted in a wholly enclosed building.
(c) Only repair of motor vehicles customarily associated with new motor vehicle sales shall be permitted, and shall be conducted inside a suitable building.
(d) No motor vehicle not available for sale or lease, or any junk or inoperative motor vehicle may be stored so as to be visible from the public right-of-way for more than a twenty-four (24) hour period.
(e) All outdoor wiring, including electrical and telephone wiring, shall be installed underground, excluding utility services.
(f) Locations where such use abuts a residential district or use shall provide landscaping and screening, approved by the Architectural Board of Review pursuant to Chapter 1141; said landscaped area shall be not less than ten (10) feet wide.
(Ord. 91-95. Passed 10-7-1996.)