The City Council finds that the repair and/or dismantling of vehicles in residential districts has a negative impact on the livability and appearance of the City, on the availability of driveways for parking, on property values, and can pose safety and/or health hazards to children and adults. The City Council determines that the public health, safety and welfare require the prohibition of the repairing or dismantling of vehicles in residential areas, except under certain circumstances.
Unless otherwise apparent from the context, certain words and phrases used in this Chapter are defined as follows:
means parents, grandparents, spouse, and children related by blood, marriage or adoption.
means and includes the pulling of an engine block, or head, repair or replacement of a transmission, front or rear axles, major body repair, painting over twelve (12) square feet of surface area, dismantling, and similar work.
means a current, valid California registration for a vehicle conforming to California Vehicle Code Section 4000 or Section 9840, et seq., for boats.
means those areas of the City zoned for residential use, whether for single-family or multiple-family dwellings.
means the changing of oil and tires, replacement of a water pump, alternator, brakes, shock absorbers, oil and air filters, spark plugs and similar work.
means a device by which any person or property may be propelled, moved or drawn upon a highway or street, excepting a device moved exclusively by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
The registered owner of a vehicle or boat may perform routine maintenance on that vehicle or boat, or a vehicle or boat registered to a member of his or her immediate family, in public view in a designated on-site parking space, driveway, garage or fenced rear yard of his or her residence. For the purpose of repairing any vehicle or boat, parking of the vehicle or boat shall be prohibited at any time in the front yard area of a residence or in the parkway area of a public right-of-way in front of any residence. Pursuant to SJBMC 7-4-125, repairing any vehicle or boat, except repairs necessitated by an emergency, is prohibited on any street, municipal parking lot or City property. Proof of registration of any vehicle or boat on which any routine maintenance is being performed shall be submitted to any peace officer on the request of such officer.
It is unlawful for any person in any residential district to perform major repairs or dismantling on or of any vehicle or boat or part or parts thereof, except for major repairs or dismantling which takes place in a fully enclosed garage. When such work takes place in a fully enclosed garage, the garage door shall be closed when the work is not in progress. The painting of surfaces in excess of twelve (12) square feet is prohibited.
On completion of any work allowed under this Chapter to be performed in public view, the property shall be cleaned of all debris, oil, grease, gasoline, cloths, rags and equipment or material used in the work, and shall be left in such a condition that no hazard to persons or property shall remain.
No noise-producing work, whether routine maintenance or major repairs, shall take place before 8:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m. on any day.