Lompoc Municipal Code Art. III Automobile Wrecking Establishments

No permit shall be granted for the carrying on or conducting of any automobile wrecking establishment and it shall be unlawful for any person to carry on such business unless the same is carried on or conducted in a building or area which has been erected in accordance with requirements of the City; provided, that such construction shall not be required for enclosed buildings in which parts or accessories of motor vehicles are only stored or sold; provided, further that the holder of an automobile wrecking establishment permit may store automobiles prior to the removal therefrom of any parts or accessories on land in the immediate neighborhood of the building in which such automobile wrecking establishment is operated and carried on if such land is entirely surrounded by a solid tight fence or wall.

(Prior code § 2313)

It shall be unlawful for any person maintaining or conducting automobile wrecking establishments or any agent or employee thereof to purchase or take any goods or articles or thing offered to him or her by any juvenile or knowingly purchase or take any such things from any servant or apprentice without first ascertaining that such article or thing is the property of the person delivering the same or that such servant or apprentice has the authority from the owner to deliver or sell such property.

(Prior code § 2314)

Any person operating, maintaining or carrying on the business of an automobile wrecking establishment shall keep or cause to be kept a record of the purchase, sale, exchange or storage of any automobile or part thereof or accessory thereto, which record shall at all times be open to the inspection of the Police Department, and such person shall, as often as the Chief of Police shall direct, make out and deliver to him or her, on a form furnished by the Chief of Police, a full and complete report of the purchase, sale, exchange, storage or other transaction of such property. Such report shall contain the name of the person from whom purchased, the make, state license number, motor number, body number, style and seating capacity of all secondhand automobiles purchased, sold, exchanged or placed in storage, together with such other information concerning such property as may be necessary to prove ownership or identity. It shall be unlawful for any such person engaged in any such business to dispose of any secondhand automobile or part thereof or accessory thereto until such report has been made to the Police Department and an opportunity had for inspecting same.

(Prior code § 2315)

In addition to the requirements of Section 5.32.020 every application for a permit to operate or maintain an automobile wrecking establishment shall further set forth the dimensions and character of construction of the building in which such business is proposed to be carried on, and the permit granted pursuant thereto shall be at all times subject to all regulations of the City pertaining to permits granted for maintenance and operation of such business. The investigating officials to whom the application shall be referred and by whom such application shall be approved shall be the Chief of Police, the Fire Chief and the Building Official.

(Prior code § 2316)