DEFINITION
A business that sells, leases, or rents automobiles, vans, threewheelers, motorcycles, scooters, or other powered personal transportation or conveyance, and which may include on-site facilities for the repair and service of vehicles sold, leased, or rented. This does not include the sale, lease, or rental of recreational vehicles, commercial vehicles, or watercraft, which is considered a heavy retail and service use.
STANDARDS
- Outdoor storage of vehicles undergoing repair or service may not be located within the frontage zone and must be visually screened from any thoroughfare by a building, landscape buffer, fence, or wall. Outdoor storage or operations of any kind are prohibited outside the screened area.
- Any repair and service operations must be performed within a fully enclosed building. Carriage House doors may be open during hours of operation.
- No partially dismantled, wrecked, or unregistered vehicle may be stored outdoors on the premises.
- The proposed use may not adversely affect the use and quiet enjoyment of abutting property as a result of noise, vibrations, fumes, odor, dust, glare or other cause.