10-2.1604 Motor vehicle repair garages.
- (a) Purpose. The motor vehicle repair garage development standards are established to ensure the compatibility of existing and new repair garages to adjacent and surrounding uses for the protection of the health, safety, and general welfare of the City and its residents.
- (b) Criteria. To achieve the purposes of this section, all motor vehicle repair garages shall conform to the following criteria in addition to all other applicable land use and development standards in this chapter:
- (1) Enclosed building required. All existing and new motor vehicle repair garages shall conduct repair activities within a fully enclosed building.
- (2) Utilization of required parking. No existing or new motor vehicle repair garage shall utilize required parking stalls or aisles for the storage or repair of vehicles, disassembled auto parts, debris, or trash.
- (3) Size of sites. The site shall not be less than 6,000 square feet in area.
- (4) Orientation of service bays. Service bays shall not face any street.
- (5) Inoperable vehicles. No disabled motor vehicle or large component part of such disabled vehicle shall be kept on the site. No junking or wrecking of motor vehicles shall be allowed, nor shall vehicles be kept on the site for "scavenging" of used parts.
- (6) Walls. Decorative masonry walls shall be installed to effectively screen service bays and work areas from surrounding properties.
- (7) Tow trucks. No more than two (2) tow trucks shall be allowed as an incidental use on the site.
- (8) Other improvements. Any development requiring a Conditional Use Permit pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, shall be reviewed with reference to landscaping, parking, wrecked vehicles, screening and walls, signs, trash areas, and lighting, as well as to the method of garage operation as it relates to cleanliness and overloading of the site, and the applicant shall be required to make reasonable efforts to conform with the purpose and criteria of this section. Conditions of approval may include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
- a. Additional trash areas and screening;
- b. The undergrounding of onsite utilities;
- c. The location and width of driveways;
- d. The location and size of accessory buildings;
- e. The method of controlling noise, air, water, odors, and solid waste pollution;
- f. The method of controlling flammable liquids, particularly gasoline, solvents, and thinners;
- g. The method of securing the site from intruders or vandals and obtaining public safety;
- h. Hours of operation.
- (c) Conditional Use Permit required. A new motor vehicle repair garage, any addition to the floor area of an existing motor vehicle repair garage, or any intensification of use shall be subject to the approval of a Conditional Use Permit pursuant to Section 10-2.2506. Intensification of use shall include any change in activity or use determined by the Chief of Planning to have the potential to produce noise, vibration, odor, glare, electromagnetic interference, or other environmental impacts that cause discomfort or annoyance to reasonable persons of normal sensitivities or which endangers the comfort, repose, health or peace of persons whose property abuts the property lines of the lot containing the motor vehicle repair garage.
(Ord. 2756 c.s., eff. January 18, 1996)
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