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(A) No owner, proprietor, lessee, manager or superintendent of any motor vehicle repair shop or motor vehicle salesroom shall cause, permit or allow the same or any portion thereof to be over-crowded or inadequate, faulty or insufficient with respect to light, ventilation, heat and cleanliness. Fresh air shall be supplied by ventilation in accordance with the city building ordinances.
(B) Every motor vehicle repair shop or motor vehicle salesroom shall be kept in clean condition and free as far as practicable from all gases, vapors, dust or other impurities which are injurious to health and generated by manufacturing processes or the operation of motors or other machinery.
(C) Sufficient and separate properly ventilated water closets shall be provided for male and female employees.
(D) Lockers for workers’ clothing shall be made of metal in a motor vehicle repair shop.
(E) Every motor vehicle repair shop where any spraying of paint or other combustible or flammable liquids is conducted at any time shall be equipped with a spray booth meeting the construction requirements of the Fire Prevention Code (see § 150.029), published by the American Insurance Association, adopted by the city.
(F) All used vehicle tires shall be stored in an enclosed area of each motor vehicle repair shop. If the place of storage is located outside a building, it shall be enclosed by a chain link fence a minimum of eight feet high and equipped with locked gates. All other damaged automobile parts and automobile equipment to be discarded shall be stored within an enclosed building.
(G) Every motor vehicle repair shop shall be equipped with drains that are intercepted before entering the city sanitary sewer system by three cast iron basins in line called garage basins. Each basin being a minimum of 20 inches in diameter and 30 inches in depth, and must be vented by a two-inch pipe through the roof.
(H) A motor vehicle repair shop shall be permitted to operate only between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. of each day.
(I) In the operation of a motor vehicle repair shop, no motor vehicle shall be permitted to be repaired on any public street, parkway, alley or sidewalk. No motor vehicle, while in the custody or control of the motor vehicle repair shop, shall be stored or parked in places prior to or after being repaired at the motor vehicle repair shop.
(Prior Code, § 119.034) (Ord. 2275, passed 7-8-1975) Penalty, see § 10.99
OPEN AIR PARKING GARAGES
For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
PUBLIC OPEN AIR PARKING GARAGE. Any lot, piece or parcel of ground not enclosed within four walls and a roof, and being within the limits of the city where automobiles, trucks or any similar self- propelled vehicles are parked or stored for hire, but it shall not include motor vehicle repair shops as defined in § 119.025 of this chapter. It shall include all such garages whether the same be open for business regularly or intermittently.
(Prior Code, § 119.045) (Ord. 1668, passed 4-14-1952)
No person shall keep, conduct or operate a public open air parking garage without first having obtained a license so to do in the manner hereinafter provided.
(Prior Code, § 119.046) (Ord. 1668, passed 4-14-1952) Penalty, see § 10.99
Any person desiring to keep, conduct or operate a public open air parking garage shall make application in writing to the City Clerk. The application shall set forth the name of the applicant, the place of the applicant’s residence and, if a corporation, the names of the officers and their places of residence. The application shall also set forth the location and the dimensions of the lot, piece or parcel of ground which it is proposed to use for a public open air parking garage, and the location and size of all driveways proposed to be used for ingress to or egress from the garage. In and by the application, the applicant shall agree to abide by and comply with all existing ordinances relating to the establishment, construction and maintenance of driveways.
(Prior Code, § 119.047) (Ord. 1668, passed 4-14-1952)
(A) The annual license for such public open air parking garage shall be $50 per year and each license shall expire on April 30 following its issuance.
(B) No license shall be issued for less than the full amount of the annual license fee.
(Prior Code, § 119.048) (Ord. 1668, passed 4-14-1952)
Every public open air parking garage shall comply with the following regulations.
(A) The surface of the area within which vehicles are parked or stored shall be well drained and so constructed or surfaced as to prevent the creation of large amounts of dust.
(B) No refuse, rubbish or junk shall be allowed within the limits of any such garage and each such garage shall be kept neat and clean and in a sanitary condition at all times.
(C) If vehicles are to be permitted to enter or leave such garage during the hours of darkness, adequate lighting shall be provided.
(Prior Code, § 119.049) (Ord. 1668, passed 4-14-1952) Penalty, see § 10.99
PARKING GARAGES
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