Brisbane Municipal Code Ch. 5.66 Storage of Automobiles Under Repair

For the purposes of this chapter:

A. The term "automotive repair shop" means an establishment where motor vehicles, or any parts, components or systems thereof, are serviced, repaired, overhauled, or replaced, including automotive collision and body shops and automotive painting facilities.

B. The term "gasoline service station" shall have the same meaning as defined in Section 17.04.345 of the Brisbane Municipal Code.

(Ord. 404 § 3(part), 1996).

No motor vehicle, or parts thereof, shall be stored or kept upon the premises of any automotive repair shop or gasoline service station except under whichever of the following conditions may be applicable:

A. The vehicle, or parts thereof, is completely enclosed within a building in a lawful manner or by a solid fence or landscaping that completely screens visibility from adjacent public or private property.

B. In the case of any vehicle which is owned by the operator of the automotive repair shop or gasoline service station, the vehicle may be stored upon the premises so long as it does not constitute an inoperative, dismantled, junked or wrecked vehicle subject to abatement and removal under Chapter 8.20 of the Brisbane Municipal Code.

C. In the case of any vehicle which is not owned by the operator of the automotive repair shop or gasoline service station:

1. The operator of the establishment is actively and continuously engaged in the repair or servicing of the vehicle; and

2. The period of time during which the vehicle is stored upon the premises does not exceed thirty (30) working days, unless the operator establishes, to the satisfaction of the chief of police, that the repair or servicing work is being diligently performed but cannot reasonably be completed within such period of time and it is not reasonably possible to comply with the provisions of subsection (A) of this section. In such event, the chief of police may grant extensions of time not exceeding a total of sixty (60) calendar days.

(Ord. 404 § 3(part), 1996).

A. The violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall constitute an infraction, punishable by the fines, penalties and enforcement provisions set forth in Chapters 1.14, 1.16 and 1.18 of this code.

B. Any vehicle, or parts thereof, stored or kept in violation of this chapter is declared to constitute a public nuisance, subject to all remedies available by law for the abatement and removal thereof.

(Ord. 404 § 3(part), 1996).

(Ord. No. 554, § 9, 1-18-11)