§ 28-1302. Car agencies.

(1)

"Car agency" shall include new car agencies, used car agencies, new car agencies with a used car department, automobile rental and leasing incidental to new car agencies, including servicing and repair of such automobiles.

(2)

Car agencies may be permitted in the R-B-1, B-4 and C-1 districts as a conditional use, subject to approval of the city council and subject to the following minimum requirements:

(a)

Landscaping and screening. Car agencies must be located within a totally enclosed building. Car agency sites shall be enclosed by a 6-foot-high masonry wall, smoothly finished on both sides. This wall shall be located on the interior side of either the landscaped yard required by the underlying zoning district regulations or a 10-foot landscaped yard, whichever is greater.

(b)

Lighting. Exterior lighting may be used only to illuminate a building and its grounds for safety purposes. Lighting is not to be used as a form of advertising.

(c)

Display of cars. No car shall be displayed or stored outdoors.

(d)

Paging or outdoor speaker systems. All outdoor paging or speaker systems are expressly prohibited.

(e)

Minimum floor space. Car agencies must provide a minimum floor area of 4,000 square feet.

(f)

Service facilities. Service facilities and other phases of car agencies, except offices, sale, storage and display of cars and customer parking must be located within an enclosed building no closer than 70 feet from the front property line.

(g)

Advertising and signs. No advertising devices, symbols or signs shall be utilized within the property other than approved ground signs or those signs permitted on the walls of buildings and shall comply with chapter 24.

(3)

Car agencies meeting all of the following criteria may be established as permitted uses in the RB1 zoning district:

(a)

No more than 6 automobiles are displayed in a fully enclosed building in a showroom setting for retail or wholesale sale;

(b)

The fully enclosed showroom, including office areas, does not exceed 5,000 square feet of floor area;

(c)

The use shall not be located within 1 mile of an existing use established under this subsection as provided in Section 28-1619;

(d)

No automobile preparation, mechanical or automobile body or other support services are offered on or off-site;

(e)

No automobiles are displayed for sale or stored on site in any parking areas provided, however, excess parking areas located in underground parking areas may be used for storage or transfer of not more than 10 automobiles. One parking space shall be required in addition to parking required for the showroom use.

(f)

The use shall not be located within a building connected with an above-ground parking structure providing required parking.

(Ord. No. 3617, § 2, 4-28-87; Ord. No. 4059, § 1, 12-15-92)

Cross reference

Licenses and business regulations, ch. 8.