I guess there will be some nice used Bendpak lifts on Sacramento Craigslist now?
New law limits DIY auto repairs
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They like to talk about "tools not normally found in a residence"...however, for people that work on their own cars those are tools normally found in a residence. So that doesn't hold water. This whole ordinance doesn't hold water and is basically unenforceable.
Our local government has an ordinance that actually allows for one disabled, dilapidated vehicle to be in the driveway of a residence. There are some residents that take full advantage of it and use those vehicles as sheds for tools and garden supplies, etc. Yet, they also have an ordinance that you must keep your grass in your front and back yard mowed and not allow it to get more than 12" tall. They enforce it aggressively. So go ahead and keep that heap in your driveway, but if your grass gets too tall there will be consequences!
Our local government has an ordinance that actually allows for one disabled, dilapidated vehicle to be in the driveway of a residence. There are some residents that take full advantage of it and use those vehicles as sheds for tools and garden supplies, etc. Yet, they also have an ordinance that you must keep your grass in your front and back yard mowed and not allow it to get more than 12" tall. They enforce it aggressively. So go ahead and keep that heap in your driveway, but if your grass gets too tall there will be consequences!
Yeah as I wouldn't tolerate that kind of B.S. and would gladly tell them where to put their idiotic 'rules'...
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Seems they’d be more concerned with air operated impact tools … but no compressor kinda ruin that …
Can they have an 18” chainsaw, LoL
Come and get me.
Scott
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Yeah … Plugs mostly it theses days … clean TB inlet etc …
Good luck enforcing that. It will probably cut down on people making repairs in apartment complexes, or cars sitting on jackstands, but that's about it.
Congrats for falling for a clickbait article. Pretty clear that the author has no idea how land use regulations work, and is just looking to gin up business by riling up do it your selfers.
If one actually reads the code, it refers to Major and Minor Automotive repair uses. Note that it refers to the use, not the actual activity. In other words, if you are engaging in the business of Major or Minor Automotive repair on other peoples equipment, those activities are regulated under the code referenced in the article. And those businesses are prohibited in many districts, like residential zoning districts.
Nothing earth shattering there. I can tell you for a fact that my City has the same type of language in its ordinances. The intent is basically one of locating simple car repair businesses mostly in commercial areas, and heavier repairs, like bodywork, etc, to industrially zoned areas. Nothing more nefarious than that.
Our ordinances do no prohibit do it yourself work, but that changes once you are actively selling the service.
To that point: Definitions from my Cities Land Use Ordinance:
AUTOMOBILE REPAIR (MAJOR): General repair, rebuilding or reconditioning engines, motor vehicles, motorcycles, boats, recreational vehicles and/or trailers; collision service, including body, frame or fender straightening or repair; overall painting or paint job; vehicle steam cleaning.
AUTOMOBILE REPAIR (MINOR): Minor repairs, replacement of parts, fluid changes, and motor services, tire repair, or upholstering to passenger automobiles and trucks, motorcycles, boats, recreational vehicles and other vehicles not exceeding fourteen thousand (14,000) pounds' gross weight, but not including any operation specified under the definition of automobile repair (major).
If one actually reads the code, it refers to Major and Minor Automotive repair uses. Note that it refers to the use, not the actual activity. In other words, if you are engaging in the business of Major or Minor Automotive repair on other peoples equipment, those activities are regulated under the code referenced in the article. And those businesses are prohibited in many districts, like residential zoning districts.
Nothing earth shattering there. I can tell you for a fact that my City has the same type of language in its ordinances. The intent is basically one of locating simple car repair businesses mostly in commercial areas, and heavier repairs, like bodywork, etc, to industrially zoned areas. Nothing more nefarious than that.
Our ordinances do no prohibit do it yourself work, but that changes once you are actively selling the service.
To that point: Definitions from my Cities Land Use Ordinance:
AUTOMOBILE REPAIR (MAJOR): General repair, rebuilding or reconditioning engines, motor vehicles, motorcycles, boats, recreational vehicles and/or trailers; collision service, including body, frame or fender straightening or repair; overall painting or paint job; vehicle steam cleaning.
AUTOMOBILE REPAIR (MINOR): Minor repairs, replacement of parts, fluid changes, and motor services, tire repair, or upholstering to passenger automobiles and trucks, motorcycles, boats, recreational vehicles and other vehicles not exceeding fourteen thousand (14,000) pounds' gross weight, but not including any operation specified under the definition of automobile repair (major).
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Nobody wants to live next to this situation-even in low income areas. That's why there is such a thing as "zoning".
Chicken Little lives...
It happens anyway. I’ve seen former small stores, old neighborhood gas stations , and any old building get bought and turned into a repair place. I know of a former bakery in my city that became one. Most of these places are doing things other than auto repair too. In areas where auto theft is rampant, these places pop up like moles in the lawn.
Other than a LOL what can I say! Oh IBTL.........
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I live in Sacramento, so I'll be happy to comment.
Under almost all circumstances, I am NOT a fan of the ah hem, "Leaders" in our state capital that sit around and think up new ways to regulate my life in between surfing the web, playing Yahtzee, etc., all on the taxpayers' dime. Enough said without getting "political".
Having said that, I have absolutely NO problem with this law. We have a real problem in Sacramento with people who like to buy salvage titles vehicles and invite all of their buddies over to "repair" these POS cars in their driveways, try to wash the titles and pass them off as a legitimate used car. It happens all of the time and that's how these deadbeats make money. If you live in a nice area, you don't want to see totaled cars up on blocks day in, and day out, in the driveways of your neighborhood houses. It doesn't exactly, shall we say, benefit your area property values.
I think this is a good law.
Ed
Under almost all circumstances, I am NOT a fan of the ah hem, "Leaders" in our state capital that sit around and think up new ways to regulate my life in between surfing the web, playing Yahtzee, etc., all on the taxpayers' dime. Enough said without getting "political".
Having said that, I have absolutely NO problem with this law. We have a real problem in Sacramento with people who like to buy salvage titles vehicles and invite all of their buddies over to "repair" these POS cars in their driveways, try to wash the titles and pass them off as a legitimate used car. It happens all of the time and that's how these deadbeats make money. If you live in a nice area, you don't want to see totaled cars up on blocks day in, and day out, in the driveways of your neighborhood houses. It doesn't exactly, shall we say, benefit your area property values.
I think this is a good law.
Ed
If it's anything like Baltimore City, it's yet still another law that won't be enforced.
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Or like here … guy two blocks from me … more money than brains did one of these file for a building permit gigs with one meeting only to invite protesters. Puts a huge building right on property line. His impacted neighbor did not get the meeting notice since they leased the home, owner missed it. When the noise started (car restoration) … and they called the cops … Mr money bags tried to buy the leased house, LoL
Now a black&white slow rolls by there to keep an eye on the situation …
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