(a) The business of selling at retail used and/or previously titled automobiles and/or trucks shall be permitted as an accessory use only in conjunction with new automobile and/or truck dealerships. All used and/or previously titled automobiles and/or trucks offered for sale at retail must be located on the same site as the new automobile and/or truck dealerships. The total site area which may be devoted to the display, housing and/or storage of used automobiles and/or trucks offered for sale at retail shall be limited to a maximum forty-five percent (45%) of the total surface parking area (as further defined herein below) of the site (site, as used herein, is defined as the sum total area of all contiguous lots devoted to the dealership's use) versus a remaining minimum of fifty-five percent (55%) of the total surface parking area of the site which shall be devoted to the display, housing and/or storage of new automobiles and/or trucks offered for sale at retail. The total surface parking area of the site devoted to the display, housing and/or storage of new and/or used automobiles and/or trucks offered for retail sale is to be computed exclusive of surface parking areas designated for employee and customer vehicles as well as parking areas for such other vehicles as may be used in connection with the business but which are not offered for sale. Site development plans shall designate the areas of surface parking to be utilized for each of these purposes. All vehicle parking shall be in conformity with the approved site plan.
(b) The business of selling at wholesale used and/or previously titled automobiles and/or trucks in the M-1, Light Manufacturing and M-2, Heavy Manufacturing districts shall be permitted only as an accessory conditional use with new automobile and/or truck dealerships located in the City. The total surface parking area devoted to the display, housing and/or storage of used automobiles and/or trucks offered for sale at wholesale shall be limited to the same maximum forty-five percent (45%) of the total surface parking area of the site as that used for the display, housing and/or storage of used automobiles and/or trucks offered for sale at retail, as set forth in subsection (a) hereof. A site development plan and landscape plan is required for review and approval.
(c) In the event that, due to a lack of storage capacity at a new automobile/truck dealership currently operating within the City, it is necessary to store used and/or previously titled automobiles and/or trucks offered for sale at wholesale off-site, then, the dealership may apply for a conditional use permit for a storage site, subject to the requirements set forth in Section 1135.04 of this Code and the following additional requirements:
(1) Off-site storage lots may be conditionally permitted in the M-1 and M-2 zoning district;
(2) No inoperable vehicles may be stored for any length of time in an open lot;
(3) Vehicles shall be wholesaled as complete units, there shall be no salvaging of parts or scrap materials at the site;
(4) No vehicle may remain stored for a period in excess of 120 days;
(5) The CUP shall be non-transferable;
(6) The CUP shall immediately lapse and expire without notice in the event the dealership ceases business operations in the City; and
(7) All vehicle parking shall be in conformity with an approved site plan.
(8) A landscape plan shall be submitted for review and approval for screening around the perimeter of the storage site.
(d) As used in this Section 1161.05, "wholesale" means that vehicle(s) are offered for sale only to licensed dealers, salvage businesses, or other such businesses and not offered for sale to members of the general public.
(Ord. 16-O-123. Passed 12-6-16.)
(Ord. 16-O-123. Passed 12-6-16.)