Auto and Vehicle Sales and Rental. A retail establishment selling and/or renting automobiles, trucks and vans, motorcycles, and bicycles (bicycle sales are also included under “General Retail”). May also include repair shops and the sales of parts and accessories, incidental to vehicle dealerships. Does not include mobile home, recreational vehicle, or watercraft sales (see “Large Vehicle, Construction, and Heavy Equipment Sales, Service, and Rental”); tire recapping establishments (see “Vehicle Services”); businesses dealing exclusively in used parts, (see “Salvage and Wrecking”); or “Service/Fueling Stations,” which are separately defined.

Large Vehicle, Construction, and Heavy Equipment Sales, Service, and Rental. Sales, servicing, rental, fueling, and washing of large trucks, trailers, tractors, and other heavy equipment used for construction, moving, agricultural, or landscape gardening activities, as well as boats, mobile homes, and recreational vehicle/campers. Examples include cranes, earth moving equipment, tractors, combines, heavy trucks, etc. Includes large vehicle operation training facilities. Sales of new or used automobiles are excluded from this classification (see “Auto and Vehicle Sales and Rental”).

Major (Major Repair/Body Work). Major repair of automobiles, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, or trucks, including light-duty trucks (i.e., gross vehicle weights of less than ten thousand pounds) and heavy-duty trucks (i.e., gross vehicle weights of more than ten thousand pounds). Examples of uses include full-service motor vehicle repair garages; body and fender shops; brake shops; machine shops, painting shops; towing services, and transmission shops. Does not include vehicle dismantling or salvage (see “Salvage and Wrecking”) and tire retreading or recapping.

Minor (Minor Repair/Maintenance). Minor repair of automobiles, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, or light trucks, vans or similar size vehicles (i.e., vehicles that have gross vehicle weights less than ten thousand pounds), including installation of electronic equipment (e.g., alarms, audio equipment, etc.); servicing of cooling and air conditioning, electrical, fuel and exhaust systems; brake adjustments, relining and repairs; oil and air filter replacement; wheel alignment and balancing; tire sales, service, and installation shops; shock absorber replacement; chassis lubrication; smog checks; engine tune-ups; and installation of window film and similar accessory equipment.

Service/Fueling Stations. An establishment engaged in the retail sale of vehicle fuels or the retail sale of these fuels in combination with activities, such as providing minor vehicle repair services; selling automotive oils, replacement parts, and accessories; and/or ancillary retail and grocery sales. Does not include body and fender work or “heavy” repair of trucks or other motor vehicles (see “Vehicle Services—Major”).

Vehicle Services. The service and repair of motor vehicles in an enclosed building, including the repair or replacement of engines and transmissions, body and fender repair, and the installation of non-factory-installed products.

Washing. Washing, waxing, detailing, or cleaning of automobiles or similar light vehicles, including self-serve washing facilities.