Automobile repair or service shall be subject to the following regulations.
(A) The only vehicles which may be stored outside in connection with the business include:
(1) Customer vehicles awaiting service may be stored outside for a period not to exceed two weeks, and a work order or some other written proof must be provided to show that the vehicle is actually awaiting service;
(2) Employees’ personal vehicles used for travel to and from work; and
(3) A vehicle used in connection with the auto repair operation, such as a wrecker.
(B) Vehicles that may not be stored outside are:
(1) Inoperable vehicles not awaiting service;
(2) Inoperable vehicles being scrapped or used for replacement parts for another vehicle being repaired; and
(3) Operable vehicles not awaiting service and not used in connection with the business.
(C) No portion of an automotive repair or service station or any part of their appurtenances or accessory uses shall be placed within five feet of any residential dwelling.
(D) Automobile repair or service shall be screened from neighboring properties with fencing or with a landscaped buffer area.
(Ord. passed 6-3-2019)