(A) Intent: This section is intended to ensure that automobile dealerships do not create adverse impacts on adjacent properties and surrounding neighborhoods due to insufficient on site customer and employee parking, traffic generation, including road testing of vehicles, obstruction of traffic, visual blight, bright lights, noise, fumes, or drainage runoff. The following special conditions shall apply to automobile dealerships.
(B) Development Standards: All new dealerships shall comply with the provisions of this section, in addition to the development standards and permit procedures of the zone district in which it is located:
1. Minimize Lot Size: The minimum lot size for automobile dealerships shall be twenty thousand (20,000) square feet.
2. Parking: Areas designated for employee and customer parking shall not be used for vehicle storage or display.
3. Landscaping: A minimum five foot (5') landscape strip shall be provided outside the public right-of-way along the street frontage perimeter of all vehicle display areas.
4. Washing Of Vehicles: All washing, rinsing or hosing down of vehicles and of the property shall comply with the requirements specified in section 6-12-29, "Vehicle Repair Facilities", of this chapter.
5. Loading, Unloading: Loading and unloading of vehicles shall be conducted in accordance with the following provisions:
(a) The dealership operator is deemed to be responsible and liable for any activities of a common carrier, operator or other person controlling such loading or unloading activities to the extent any such activities violate the provisions of this subsection.
(b) Off loading locations shall be established either on site or off site, and shall be subject to the approval of the Public Works Director if within the public right-of-way. Loading and unloading activities shall not block the ingress and egress of any adjacent property.
6. Storage Of Vehicles To Be Repaired: Vehicles brought on site for repair purposes shall not be parked or stored on any public street or alley, and should be parked in required parking spaces reserved for such purposes.
7. Repair Of Vehicles: The repair and service facility portion of any automobile dealership shall comply with the provisions of section 6-12-29, "Vehicle Repair Facilities", of this chapter.
8. Queuing Of Vehicles: On site queuing area or lanes for service customers shall be provided, which shall be large enough to accommodate a minimum of one and one-half (11/2) vehicles for each service bay in the facility. On site driveways may be used for queuing, but may not interfere with access to required parking spaces. Regular parking spaces may not double as queuing spaces.
9. Noise Control:
(a) Loudspeakers are permitted; provided, that noise levels are maintained below fifty five (55) dBA at any boundary.
(b) All noise generating equipment exposed to the exterior shall be muffled with sound absorbing materials to reduce noise levels below fifty five (55) dBA at the property boundary.
10. Toxic Waste Storage And Disposal: Gasoline storage tanks shall meet all applicable State and local health regulations, and shall be constructed and maintained under the same conditions and standards that apply to service stations.
11. Air Quality:
(a) Brake washers shall be installed and utilized in all service stalls or areas which perform service on brakes containing asbestos or other materials known to be harmful when dispersed into air.
(b) Mechanical ventilating equipment shall direct exhaust away from adjacent residential properties.
(c) Exhaust systems shall be equipped with appropriate and reasonably available control technology to minimize or eliminate noxious pollutants which would otherwise be emitted. (Ord. 768-08, 8-19-2008)