1263.05 AUTOMOTIVE RELATED USES.
Automotive Related Uses may be granted a Conditional Use Permit only in the C2 and C3 Districts.
A. Uses Included. Automotive related uses shall include but not be limited to: auto sales, auto rental and leasing, auto repair shops, automotive fuel stations, car washes, auto upholstery shops, auto part and tire sales, camper installation businesses, van conversion businesses and the like.
B. General Requirements for All Automotive Uses.
1. The proposed use shall not intrude into a concentration of retail uses and shall not impede pedestrian circulation between retail uses.
2. The proposed use shall not create unreasonable obstructions to traffic circulation around or near the site.
3. No curb cuts shall be permitted within forty (40) feet of any public roadway intersection.
4. All utilities shall be entirely enclosed or buried and shall require an electrical permit from the Building Department.
5. Automotive related uses shall be buffered with landscaping pursuant to Section 1253.09, Landscape Buffers and Screening. In addition, automotive uses adjacent to a residential district shall be buffered by a brick wall of at least six (6) feet in height.
6. Outdoor storage accessory to the use shall be regulated pursuant to Section 1263.17, Outdoor Storage, of this Chapter and to Section 1253.09, Landscape Buffers and Screening, except for the display and sale of goods sold on the premises of automotive fuel stations which shall be regulated pursuant to Section 1260.02, Permitted Outdoor Business Activities.
C. Automotive Fuel Sales (with or without Convenience Retail or Food Sales).
1. Convenience retail and/or food sales may be a permitted accessory use to fuel sales, provided that the retail and/or food service uses accessory to an automotive fuel station shall be provided with parking pursuant to Chapter 1251, Off-Street Parking Regulations.
2. Automotive fuel stations shall be located on lots no smaller than fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet, except that automotive fuel stations with convenience retail or food sales shall be located on lots no smaller than thirty thousand (30,000) square feet.
3. At any Automotive Fuel Station, gasoline pump islands shall be erected no closer than twelve (12) feet to any property line or building, and driveways or islands on the premises shall be designed to serve vehicles standing entirely on said premises.
4. No vehicles may be stored at the site for purposes of sale, unless the use is also a vehicle sales lot or for the use as parts for vehicles under repair.
5. No inoperable vehicle shall be permanently stored on the site for a period of greater than thirty (30) days.
6. Outdoor storage accessory to the use shall be regulated pursuant to Section 1263.17, Outdoor Storage, of this Chapter and to Section 1253.09, Landscape Buffers and Screening, except for the display and sale of goods sold on the premises which shall be regulated pursuant to Section 1260.02, Permitted Outdoor Business Activities.
D. Automotive Service and Repair Shops.
1. No vehicles may be stored at the site for purposes of sale, unless the use is also a vehicle sales lot or for the use as parts for vehicles under repair and
2. No vehicle shall be stored on the site for a period of greater than thirty (30) days.
E. Automobile Dealerships. Automobile dealerships shall be located on lots no smaller than eighty-five thousand (85,000) square feet.
(Ord. 04-132. Enacted 11-22-04.)