Chapter 17.13 — AUTOMOBILE ZONE (AZ)

This automobile zone establishes the location of parcels deemed most suitable for the development and maintenance of a commercial area providing automobile-related merchandise and services. (Ord. 745 § 3, 2008)

The following uses are permitted on properties in zone AZ:

• A. The selling or leasing of new automobiles, the selling or leasing of pre-owned automobiles taken in as a trade-in on new automobile sales on the same parcel of land, and ancillary sales of motorcycles.

• B. Automobile service and repair performed in conjunction with an automobile dealership under subsection (A) of this section or a retail parts sales business, run on the same parcel or run on an adjoining parcel and owned by the same person or legal entity. All such service and repairs must be incidental to a primary use of selling or leasing new automobiles or selling new automobile parts.

• (Ord. 745 § 3, 2008)

• A. Any change in zoning for a parcel from commercial to automobile must be made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 17.28 .

• B. When reviewing a zone change application, the planning commission and city council will consider the following guidelines in exercising their discretion to grant the requested zone change:

  1. The parcel must be contiguous with or within five hundred feet of another existing parcel in zone AZ.

• (Ord. 745 § 3, 2008)