[Added 1-6-2014 by L.L.
No. 3-2014]
A.
The
Town Board finds that to protect the health, safety and general welfare
of the Town of Grand Island and its citizens, there is a need to address
the special aesthetic, crowding and display conditions caused by the
outdoor display of motor vehicles, large equipment and similar merchandise
in the Town of Grand Island.
B.
The
Vehicle Sales Overlay District is an overlay zoning district which
shall be used in combination with the underlying districts provided
in this zoning code. The purpose of the Vehicle Sales Overlay District
is to regulate, retain and expand a major component of the Town's
commercial and employment base by regulating vehicle sales and similar
uses by requiring an environment that provides an attractive shopping
experience for the purchase of vehicles and equipment, while maintaining
aesthetic standards for sales facilities requiring the outdoor display
of merchandise.
C.
This
purpose is to be accomplished by:
(1)
Using a right-of-way and setback area improvement design to help
create a unique, attractive and visually cohesive shopping district
which showcases and emphasizes the sale and appeal of new and used
vehicles while preserving the functionality of the streets and improving
the amount of and access to parking;
(2)
Using the required setback areas to preserve future right-of-way
needs and provide required landscaping to enhance the aesthetic appeal
of the commercial area of the Town;
(3)
Providing safe and convenient access between and within all development
in the district;
(4)
Providing landscaping which visually enhances both on-site and off-site
development;
(5)
Providing public sidewalks to and through adjoining properties, where
appropriate;
(6)
Creating review procedures that establish the authority to review,
recommend and approve proposed improvement projects within the Vehicle
Sales Overlay District;
(7)
Requiring substantial permanent structures in connection with any
allowed use;
(8)
Establishing special site development standards for the district.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any vehicles, trailers, building materials, or any other
material, the bulk or size of which requires outdoor storage or display.
Sales, rental, leasing or brokering.
Any use regulated by this chapter, including equipment as
defined herein. Excluded from this definition are temporarily displayed
smaller items such as lawn furniture, landscaping plants, and materials.
A.
The
Vehicle Sales Overlay District shall include all land as specified
on the official Zoning Map of the Town of Grand Island as B-1 District,
and as established as an overlay zone by rezoning, and is within view
of a major highway.
B.
This
provisions and regulations of the Vehicle Sales Overlay District are
in addition to all other provisions and regulations of the zoning
code which apply to the underlying zoning as determined on the official
Zoning Map of the Town. All property within this overlay district
will have the requirements of both the underlying and this overlay
zoning districts in addition to other requirements regulating the
use of land whenever the provisions of the Vehicle Overlay District
apply. This overlay district shall be superimposed over existing zones.
each use must conform to the development standards required by the
underlying zoning district as well as this overlay district, and the
more stringent standard shall control.
C.
Uses.
The following uses are regulated by the Vehicle Sales Overlay District:
(1)
New and pre-owned automobile sales;
(2)
New and pre-owned recreational vehicle sales which involve outdoor
storage or display of inventory;
(3)
New and pre-owned water vessel sales, which involve outdoor storage
or display of inventory;
(4)
New and pre-owned farm equipment sales;
(5)
New and pre-owned construction equipment sales;
(6)
New and pre-owned truck sales;
(7)
Any other use requiring or allowing outdoor display of equipment
as a principal or usual activity;
