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ljttle Canada Planning Commission 9 December 1986 Page Two 4. The use does not take up parking space as required for conformity to this ordinance. 5. Sales area is grassed or surfaced to control dust. 6. The provisions of Section 921.010, C of this ordinance are considered and satisfactorily met. C. Accessory, enclosed retail, rental or service activity other than that allowed as a permitted use or conditional use within this Section, provided that: 1. Such use is allowed as a permitted use in a "8 -3" District. 2. Such use does not constitute more than thirty (30) percent of the lot area and not more than fifty (50) percent of the gross floor area of the principal use. 3. Adequate off - street parking and off - street loading in compliance with the requirements of Sections 903.050 and 903.060 of this ordinance are provided. 4. All signing and informational or visual communication devices shall be in compliance with Section 903.110 of this ordinance. 5. The provisions of Section 921.010, C of this ordinance are considered and satisfactorily met. The applicant notes on his application that vehicles will be stored both inside the building as well as outside on the lot. As such, a number of restrictions are required by the above sections. First, the outdoor sales area may be no greater than 30 percent of the principal use. The building is 6,100 sauare feet, limiting the outdoor sales area to 1,830 square feet. The problem which becomes apparent with this is that there is bound to be great difficulty in enforcing a limited outside (or inside) retail sales area amid a larger wholesale operation. The site effectively becomes entirely a retail sales lot. One option would be to impose the conditions of used car sales which are utilized in the Business Districts. Those provisions are as follows: 911.040 H. Motor vehicle sales lot, provided that: 1. Outside services and sales are associated with a principal building of at least one thousand (1,000) square feet of floor area. 2. The entire sales lot and off- street parking area is paved. 3. A minimum of three hundred eighty (380) square feet of sales area per vehicle is provided.