Long Beach Municipal Code Art. III Auto Repair Shops

A. No person engaged in conducting or carrying on the business of an auto repair shop as defined in this Code, shall repair, remodel, overhaul, recondition or paint any automobile, other motor vehicle, or any parts thereof, in his/her possession or under his/her control, upon any public street or highway.

B. No person engaged in conducting or carrying on the business of an auto repair shop as defined in this Code shall store, display or park upon any street or highway any motor vehicle in his/her possession or under his/her control which is inoperable, which has any parts removed therefrom or which is in any way in the process of being painted.

C. No person engaged in conducting or carrying on the business of an auto repair shop as defined in this Code shall store, display or park upon a public street or highway any motor vehicle in his/her possession or under his/her control between the hours of six o'clock (6:00) p.m. and seven o'clock (7:00) a.m., including Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.

Subsection 5.16.020.C shall not apply to the parking of any motor vehicle registered in the name of such person or to any motor vehicle for which an application and fee for registration in the name of such person has been filed with the Department of Motor Vehicles.

D. The business of auto repair shall only be conducted at a location approved by the Planning and Building Department and shall not be operated as a mobile business that goes house to house or building to building.

(Ord. C-7423 § 4, 1996: Ord. C-6260 § 1 (part), 1986)