Ordinance No. 131 Consolidated Land Use Ordinance

Home

Definition: A facility where sales and servicing of new and used vehicles including automobiles; light and medium duty trucks; and other motorized vehicles is Height conducted. The facility may include a sales showroom and vehicle delivery area, a service department; drive through lanes for service ticket write-up; automatic Maximum Building Height: and/or hand vehicle washing of vehicles, retail and wholesale parts sales, 2 stories or 36 feet, exclusive of rooftop equipment or administrative offices; and other normal accessory functions related to the business. screening. A single story may be 36' maximum height. Lot Size and Placement: Use: Location: Aparcel using this building type template must be located north An Automotive Dealership, including outdoor of County Road E East, west of Schueneman Road, and must abut US storage complying with the standards of this Figure Highway 61. 15a. shall be a permitted use in the Gateway District Lot Size: The lot must be at least 163,350 Square Feet (SF) or 3.75 acres Neighborhood Center. No PUD or CUP is required. This use is not permitted with any other building type. in size. Frontage Street: Highway 61 (Buildings may orient to the highway or secondary street). Access may be from Highway 61 and a secondary street. Alley: Permitted, not required. Parking: One space per 1,000 SF rounded up, plus one space for each service or cleanup stall. Outdoor storage of inventory and service vehicles is not counted toward parking requirements. Impervious Surface Coverage: Maximum 801/o of the lot. Footprint: one or two stories, with minimum 20,000 SF. Minimum Setbacks — Parking: 20 feet from city or county road ROW, 10 feet from Highway 61 ROW, 10 feet from interior lot lines. Minimum Setbacks — Buildings: 30 feet from any lot line or road ROW. Orientation: Principal facade may face any direction including orienting toward Highway 61. 1. Section 4.1.1 B) — Gateway District "G" — a PUD is not required. 2. Section 9.1.11.4 Neighborhood Center —Automobile Dealerships are not required to be pedestrian oriented. 3. Section 9.5. Civic Space Standards — Not Applicable. 4. Section 9.6.5.1.4 Commercial —Add automobile repair and service is a permitted use for an Automobile Dealership (15.a). 5. Section 9.6. Building Type Standards — 6. Figure 17 Permitted Hours of operation 6:30 AM to 10 PM. 6. Section 9.6. Building Type Standards— 7. Commercial, add 4. Automobile Dealership. 7. Section 9.7.3.3.1 — Requirement for sidewalks along all streets does not apply. 8. Section 9.9. Parking Regulations — Off-street parking is permitted in front, to the sides and the rear of the principal building. 9. Section 9.9.6. Bicycle Parking — Optional_ If provided, must be within 50 feet of building entrances, made of permanent construction and attached to the ground, and designed to allow the bicycle frame and both wheels to be securely locked to the parking structure. Facilities shall be at least two feet in width and six feet in length and be placed to allow a minimum of five feet of back -out or maneuver space. 10. Section 9.10.5.1.2 — Overhead doors facing any direction shall be permitted for Automotive Dealership. 11. Section 9.10.7. Materials —ACM (aluminum composite material) is allowed as a primary or secondary material for this building type template. 12. Section 9. 10. 10. Outdoor Storage. - Outdoor storage of vehicles for sale or lease is a permitted use for an Automotive Dealership. 13. Fences. Automotive Dealerships may have security fencing up to eight (8) feet in height, provided it is at least 80% open and meeting the materials requirements of Section 16.13.1.6. 14. Screening. Parking areas adjacent to parcels zoned Gateway — Neighborhood Center (NC) are considered `retail merchandise displays" and not required to be screened, as per Section 18.5.3. 15. Lighting — On -site parking and outdoor storage areas are considered to be a `sales lot' and shall adhere to Section 18.8.4. 16. Parking spaces. Required parking spaces may be 9' x 18' where the access aisle is 24' or more in width. 17. Section 20.4.1 - Automotive Dealerships are allowed commercial driveways of up to 36' wide to accommodate the transport trucks, garbage trucks, parts delivery semi -trucks, etc. Updated January 2025 — Gem Lake Consolidated Land Use Ordinance No. 131 46