(A) Automotive and vehicle dealerships shall be subject to the following standards and regulations:
(1) New or used automobile lease and/or sales providing the use is located on a minimum lot size of ten acres.
(2) All automobile dealerships must include an enclosed showroom.
(3) No temporary signs, banners, or pennants will be allowed except as expressly approved on
the site plan.
(4) No signs on or within automobiles shall be visible from any public street.
(5) Customer and employee parking areas shall be shown on the site plan. No vehicles for sale may be located within these areas.
(6) Accessory automatic car wash.
(7) Accessory manual car wash/detail.
(8) All repair facilities and collision centers must be fully enclosed.
(9) No elevated vehicle display(s) for sales of vehicles.
(10) Elevated storage of vehicles shall be located to minimize visibility from street frontages and adjacent properties.
(B) Car galleries shall be subject to the following standards and regulations:
(1) Direct to consumer sale or lease of new automobiles.
(2) Car galleries must be located within a shopping center with a minimum size of ten acres.
(3) Car galleries must be located within a fully enclosed building.
(4) Car galleries must provide a minimum floor area of 2,000 square feet and shall not exceed a maximum of 5,000 square feet.
(5) No more than three vehicles may be displayed within the fully enclosed building.
(6) No more than two vehicles may be located exterior to the fully enclosed building for test driving purposes only. No inventory may be kept on site.
(7) No automobile delivery or preparation shall be conducted on site.
(8) Car galleries shall not be affiliated with on-site automobile repair services.
(9) No temporary signs, banners, pennants, signs on or within automobiles are permitted.
(10) A site plan, or site plan amendment, describing with particularity the storage areas for the exterior vehicles and test drive route, must be submitted to the Planning and Zoning Board for review and decision in accordance with Article 3 of this LDC. Parking for exterior vehicles shall count towards the required parking for the center. The Planning and Zoning Board must determine that the location of the exterior vehicles and the test drive route does not interfere or impede the use of the parking lot for the customers, employees or owners of the other businesses in the center or impede traffic on adjacent roadways. (Ord. 2021-02, adopted 3-17-21; sought to be reconsidered, Commission passed 4-21-2021; Am. Ord. 2022, passed 6-18-24)