§ 138-3254. Recreational vehicle/boat sales.

(a)

Purpose. The sale and leasing of recreational vehicles and boats may occur in designated districts according to the Table 138-355—Table of Uses for Zoning Districts. Display areas should occur on portions of a site that support viable commerce but limit negative impacts on adjacent properties and public rights-of-way.

(b)

Applicability. The provisions of this section shall apply to establishments engaged in the sale and/or lease of recreational vehicles or boats.

(c)

Standards.

(1)

Outdoor display areas are prohibited within the right-of-way and the required buffer/landscape areas.

(2)

Vertical racks for boat storage shall not exceed district height limits and shall meet district setback requirements for primary structures.

(3)

The display areas shall occur on paved surface and/or on reinforced grass surfaces.

(4)

Service and repair activities shall be reviewed and approved as part of the vehicle storage, maintenance and repair sections of this Code.

(5)

Accessory washing/detailing facilities shall be located to the side or rear of the primary building. No untreated wash-water runoff generated by the washing facility may be conveyed offsite into the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4). This is not applicable to handwashing and/or mobile detailing activities.

(6)

Accessory lifts/mechanical equipment shall be located to the rear of the primary structure or vertical storage racks.

(7)

When adjacent to a residential district the following standards shall apply:

a.

No speaker or amplified announcement device shall be oriented to face an adjacent residential district.

(d)

Accessory washing/detailing facilities shall be located 30 feet from a residential district.

(Ord. No. 18-36 , § 3(Att. B), 10-23-18)