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Major automobile/vehicle repair facilities shall be located, developed, and operated in compliance with the following standards:

A. Location. Automobile/vehicle service and repair are permitted on sites with at least one frontage on an arterial street or regional highway.

B. Minimum Lot Size. Ten thousand square feet.

C. Orientation of Bay Doors. All bay doors shall be oriented to minimize visibility from public streets by locating bay entries at least 90 degrees from the roadway and screen with a combination of landscaping, neighboring buildings, or the use of decorative screen walls, or in a manner acceptable to the zoning administrator or approving authority.

D. Landscaping and Screening. In addition to complying with the following standards, major automobile/vehicle service and repair uses shall meet landscaping standards in Chapter 18.90 MCC. All vehicular use areas that are adjacent to the public right-of-way shall provide a screening feature around the perimeter of the lot adjacent to the public right-of-way.

1. Screening shall add to the visual diversity of the use and need not be an opaque barrier. This feature shall be at least one of the following:

a. Ornamental fencing or a solid wall that is three feet in height and an eight-foot-deep permeable surface with landscaping along the perimeter of the lot that is adjacent to a public right-of-way; or

b. A combination of permeable landscaping and ornamental fencing where the permeable surface and landscaping is the equivalent area of an eight-foot-deep average perimeter landscaping that has been otherwise configured to result in either a public space or amenity that is accessible from the public right-of-way, or a natural drainage system, such as combined swales, retention basins, detention basins, or rain gardens, to reduce storm water runoff.

2. Relation to MCC Title 17, Subdivisions. Where the requirements of this section conflict with landscaping and screening requirements of MCC Title 17, Subdivisions, the most restrictive shall govern. Where there is a conflict between a general requirement and specific requirement, the specific requirement shall apply.

E. Litter. No used or discarded automotive parts or equipment or permanently disabled, junked, unregistered, or wrecked vehicles may be stored outside of the main building. Parts or equipment may be temporarily stored outdoors for no longer than one week but must be screened from view.

F. Noise. All body and fender work or similar noise-generating activity shall be enclosed in a masonry or similar building with sound-attenuating measures incorporated into the building design and construction to absorb noise. Bay openings shall be oriented so as to minimize the effects of sound emanating from the auto repair building towards residential uses, outdoor restaurant seating, and outdoor reception areas. Compressors shall be located within separately enclosed, sound-attenuated rooms. [Res. 21-09; Ord. 21-05 § 2; Res. 14-36 § 410.05; Ord. 14-12 § 1.]