(a) The minimum lot area shall be one acre.
(b) The minimum lot frontage shall be 100 feet.
(c) Building setbacks shall be provided in accordance with the respective zoning district.
(d) The rental, sale and service of vehicles shall be limited to those vehicles not exceeding twenty feet in length, eight feet in height and eight feet in width. For larger commercial and recreational vehicles and/or equipment sales, rental and service uses, refer to Section 1296.27.
(e) The lot proposed for the development shall abut an arterial street as shown on the Official Thoroughfare Plan of the City of Miamisburg.
(f) Vehicle Parking/Inventory Area:
(1) All parking shall be on a paved surface consisting of concrete, bituminous asphalt or another approved dust-free material. All vehicles for sale or display shall be in a clearly defined display space hereby defined as being a minimum of eight feet in width and sixteen feet in length. Separate parking spaces meeting the minimum standards of Chapter 1292 shall be provided for customer and employee parking.
(2) Vehicle display and/or paved areas shall have a minimum setback of eight feet from any public right-of-way. Within this eight foot setback shall be a pervious landscaping area containing street trees and shrubs as required in Chapter 1290 of the Planning and Zoning Code. The perimeter of all vehicle displays areas abutting a public street shall contain continuous concrete curbing to prevent the encroachment of vehicles into the public right-of-way or into required landscaping areas along the perimeter of the parking and display areas.
(3) On-site customer parking shall be provided as follows: one parking space for each 800 square feet of enclosed showroom room floor area (including associated desks and sales areas), plus one space for each 4,000 square feet of open lot area devoted to the sale and display of motor vehicles (this does not include areas for drive aisles, only the areas dedicated to the display of vehicles), plus one space per employee.
(4) The display area shall be designed to encourage an orderly flow of vehicular traffic within striped minimum interior drive aisles being no less than fifteen feet in width.
(5) A fire access lane shall be provided from the principal public street to the front of each principal building that meets all applicable fire code standards and those standards of the Miami Valley Fire District.
(6) No vehicle shall be parked or displayed on any public street or within the public right-of-way.
(7) The use of elevated platforms for vehicle display shall be prohibited on the site.
(g) Landscaping, Screening and Buffering.
(1) Where the proposed use abuts a residentially-zoned or used property, a landscaped buffer at least twenty-five feet wide shall be created along the entire length of the property for screening and buffering purposes. This bufferyard shall contain a solid fence or masonry wall at least six feet in height and a dense planting of Group A and C trees (minimum seventy percent Group C).
(2) Where the proposed use abuts and office or service district or use, a landscaped buffer at least fifteen feet wide shall be created along the entire length of the lot for screening and buffering purposes. This buffer shall contain a dense planting of Group A and C trees (minimum seventy percent Group C trees).
(3) The use of slatted chain-link fences is prohibited.
(h) Lighting.
(1) No lighting shall constitute a nuisance or in any way impair the safe movement of traffic on any street or right-of-way, and no lighting shall shine or directly illuminate adjacent properties.
(2) The source of illumination in all parking lots located adjacent to a residential zoning district or use shall be located no higher than sixteen feet above the parking lot surface.
(3) All non-decorative lighting shall be fully cut-off fixtures that do not emit light rays above the horizontal plane, as certified by a photometric test report.
(4) Light bands around rooflines and/or windows or light sources within buildings and structures intended to project outwards shall incorporate automatic dimming technology that dims the light source as the ambient light levels decrease.
(i) Any vehicles awaiting parts or repair shall be screened from adjoining properties in a designated paved parking area and not be visible from the public right-of-way. The use of landscaping and fencing shall be incorporated into a site plan to screen such areas.
(j) Off-street loading shall be provided in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 1292 of the Planning and Zoning Code. No vehicles shall be unloaded or loaded within a public right-of-way.
(Ord. 5880. Passed 11-15-05; Ord. 6774. Passed 4-2-19.)