As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR SHOP
Any building, structure, premises, enclosure, or other place where the business of doing repair work on or for motor vehicles or any of the component parts thereof, the replacing of or the adding of parts thereto, or the polishing, washing, greasing, painting or refinishing of such vehicles is carried on.
(A) 
No person shall engage in the business of a motor vehicle repair shop without first having obtained a license therefor.
(B) 
An application for said license shall be made in conformity with the general requirements of this Code relating to applications lor licenses.[1] The applicant shall also specify the number of persons to be engaged therein.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Art. 1 of this chapter.
The annual fee shall be $50. The licensee shall pay an additional lee based upon the square footage of the business premises as prescribed by § 11.16.
(A) 
No motor vehicle repair shop shall be conducted or operated within 200 feet of any building used as a hospital, church, or public or parochial school, or the grounds thereof.
(B) 
No person shall construct, conduct or operate any motor vehicle repair shop in the City on any lot in any block in which 2/3 of the buildings on both sides of the street are used exclusively for residence purposes, or within 100 feet of any such street in any such block without the written consent of a majority of the property owners according to frontage on both sides of the street; provided that all lots which abut only on a public alley or court shall be considered as fronting on the street to which such alley or court leads. Such written consents shall be obtained and filed with the Building Commissioner before a license is issued for the operation of any motor vehicle repair shop; in any existing building, in determining whether 2/3 of the buildings on both sides of such street are used exclusively for residence purposes, any building fronting upon another street and located upon a corner lot shall not be considered. The word "block," as used in this section, shall be held not to mean a square, but shall be held to embrace only that part of the street in question which lies between the two nearest intersecting streets.
It shall be unlawful for any person to do any of the following:
(A) 
To retain in his possession for a period longer than 10 days, without the written consent of the owner, any electric storage battery upon which the word "rental" or any other word, mark, or character is printed, painted, or stamped, or to which any such word, mark, or character is attached for the purpose of identifying said electric storage battery as belonging to or being the property of any person.
(B) 
To recharge, without the consent of the owner, except in cases of emergency, any such rental battery.
(C) 
To sell, dispose of, deliver, or give, or attempt to sell, dispose of, deliver, or give to any person other than the owner thereof any such rental battery.
It shall be unlawful to store or park damaged vehicles or junked vehicles in any open lot or premises open to the public view.