(A) Motor vehicle sales, lease and rental lots shall front on a major or minor arterial. Drive-in service windows and service processing, stacking and circulation lanes are prohibited in the established front setback of the principal building and within 75 feet of the right-of-way in a principal building's side yard that abuts a major or minor thoroughfare. On-site stacking lanes for drive-in service windows shall be a minimum of 200 feet in length if accessed directly from a thoroughfare or minimum of 100 feet if accessed directly from a street of lesser capacity.
(B) All signs on the site shall conform to the standards of this article. Non-conforming signs, if present anywhere on the site, shall be removed prior to issuance of a change of use permit, issuance of grading permit or commencement of new construction on the site.
(C) Vehicles for sale or lease may be displayed in the established front yard under the following conditions:
(1) All new display areas must be paved with a decorative paving material; and
(2) No vehicle shall be displayed within 15 feet of the street right-of-way; and
(3) A strip averaging eight feet in width, but in no case less than five feet in width, located in the area of the lot between the street right-of-way and the vehicle display area shall be heavily landscaped with evergreen shrubs and flowering plants which are suitable for this climate and the growing conditions present on the site. A recommended plant list for shrubs is available from the Davie County Planning Department. This strip shall be immediately adjacent to the vehicle display area. The number of plantings may be reduced if used in conjunction with and placed on the street side of an opaque, decorative wall at least two and one-half feet in height. This requirement is in addition to any other screening requirements established by this article.
(D) Outdoor storage of vehicles in process of repair and vehicles for sale or lease that are in the process of dealer preparation for buyer/lessee pick up are permitted as follows:
(1) The storage areas are exempt from the interior landscaping requirements for parking lots. However, the perimeter landscaping requirements of parking lots shall apply to the storage areas.
(2) The storage areas may only be located behind the principal building and/or its accessory buildings and shall not be placed within 100 feet of any property line that abuts a thoroughfare or local public street.
(E) Businesses are prohibited from using amplified speaker/public address systems, except within fully enclosed building(s).
(F) Outdoor lighting shall meet all of the following requirements:
(1) The maximum height for lighting (pole mounted and wall mounted) shall be twenty feet, including the base/mounting fixture;
(2) Floodlights are not permitted for parking lot illumination;
(3) Lighting shall be directed downward and light spillover minimized with the use of hoods and similar devices; and
(4) Lighting fixtures that produce glare visible from adjacent property(s) and public rights-of -way are prohibited.
(G) No vehicle sales/lease lot located within the Neighborhood Center District shall exceed one acre in size.
(2003 Code, § 8-3.8.45) (Updated 2009)