Posted on 07/13/2019 8:25:27 AM PDT by Leaning Right
It’s common for communities to use zoning codes to exclude commercial and industrial uses from residential areas, but Sacramento County, California, seems extra-zealous about making sure that residents don’t try to operate auto repair businesses amid homes. While it concedes to residents the right to perform minor auto repairs on their own cars in their driveway or garage, it bans repairs or maintenance in any of the following circumstances...
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Can’t use an impact wrench in your driveway but you can take a dump in front of a restaurant.
More democrats = less freedom...
Poorly drafted law. If they want to stop person from conducting business...wait for a complaint...go undercover and get the perp. If the person is conducting a business and not bothering neighbors...i.e on 5 acre plot of land...what is wrong about that? As long as neighbors are not disturbed or harmed...its ok as far as I am concerned.
No need for name calling.
Lots of folks own older cars. I'm rebuilding the top end of a 2001 car right now due to blown head gaskets. Taking my time I figure 5-6 weeks of work. A pain, yes, but far more affordable than paying someone to do it and I'll have the satisfaction of knowing it was done right.
OF course.
Except for routine maintenance there is no need to do heavy repairs except for accidents.
Recognize that the average age of US vehicles on the road is apparently >12 years.
I have four vehicles in the operational fleet. Average age: 11 yrs.
The new one has indeed required no repairs yet.
In very many coastal Calif cities starting from about 2 years ago the cops will stop and bust you for very minor car work on the street.
The tip-off:
HOOD IS UP.
If they see any oil bottles or oil draining equipment, the ticket books FLIES out into their hands.
If there is even just a little coolant or a couple drops or oil on the ground (could be OIL drops) they will call the FIRE DEPARTMENT.
They will even take photos and make ridiculous claims about a HAZMAT SPILL.
Next they’ll classify duct tape as an exotic tool.
Meanwhile the rest of the population will have wooden bicycles....
I love the way you put that. Every time I drop my kids off at school I am reminded anew that 90% of the population does not understand the logic of a queue.
But it’s okay to poop in your front yard, yea?
It all goes back to what kingu said in his excellent post #19. They’re only going to bother the people who can afford to pay the fine. So if you’re a broke, homeless bum, no worries. The city is your oyster.
But if you’ve got a dollar, the city wants that dollar.
No religious schools unless they are muzzie schools.
But what’s next with this trend? Cabinetry? Artwork to sell to others? Owning more than one fishing pole being considered a commercial fishing venture? Owning more than one firearm makes you a gun store? Being illegal to prepare a meal for more than 5 people at a time or you could be considered a commercial eatery?
Is it YOUR private property or THEIR public property in common? Give them an inch and they will take a mile, where is the line drawn and called overreach? Need it or not, everyone should have the right to if they want to unless they have entered into a private contract not to or be proven as guilty and truly in violation.
This code is a blanket assumption of guilt before being proven. Just because I own more than one fishing pole it does not prove I am guilty of operating a commercial fishing business from my home. No one fights against this stuff so they just keep encroaching further and further onto our private property.
Take a leisurely drive through Arkansas sometime. It will blow your mind . . .
> Being illegal to prepare a meal for more than 5 people at a time or you could be considered a commercial eatery? <
LOL. Some folks think that the instigators behind this car repair law are the big commercial garages. Gotta stop the little guy from doing his own repairs.
And it’s a shame you’re not a Sacramento politician. Your comment above would get you huge campaign donations from the restaurant association!
Having once lived in a neighborhood where a “chop shop” operated for years, I’m behind this law 100%.
Enforcement is the problem.
The perps ALWAYS claim it’s their own, or a relative’s car.
The cops ALMOST NEVER run the plates or VINs, they just take the perp’s word for it.
The operators even had a tow truck driver bringing in stolen cars. The mechanics were blatantly switching license plates and erasing VINs.
Crooked cops and crooked code enforcement were all too willing to accept “salary enhancements” in exchange for looking the other way.
There’s big moolah in stolen cars & parts.
The headline is a bit of a lie. You can work on your car in your garage. You can’t work on other people’s cars. And if your car will be inoperable for a while you can’t work on it outside your garage. Having grown up in a neighborhood where half the cars didn’t work, I’m kinda ok with this. Nothing says “poor neighborhood” like a bunch of cars with their hoods up every day.
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