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PREFACE
Chapter C HOME RULE CHARTER
Chapter 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 5 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
Chapter 14 AUTHORITIES
Chapter 23 BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES AND COUNCILS
Chapter 36 FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES
Chapter 51 INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
Chapter 62 PENSIONS
Chapter 70 PERSONNEL
Chapter 77 POLICE DEPARTMENT
Chapter 91 SALARIES AND COMPENSATION
Chapter 120 ALARM SYSTEMS
Chapter 127 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 141 ANIMALS
Chapter 166 CABLE TELEVISION
Chapter 173 COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY CODE
Chapter 180 CONSTRUCTION CODES
Chapter 185 CONVERSION THERAPY
Chapter 188 CURFEW
Chapter 201 ELECTRIC SERVICE
Chapter 212 FEES
Chapter 219 FIREARMS
Chapter 225 FIREWORKS
Chapter 231 FIRE INSURANCE PROCEEDS
Chapter 237 FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
Chapter 251 FOOD CODE
Chapter 272 GRAFFITI
Chapter 288 HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 295 HISTORICAL AND CONSERVATION DISTRICTS
Chapter 302 HOUSE NUMBERING
Chapter 308 HOUSING
Chapter 317 INVASIVE PLANTS AND NOXIOUS WEEDS
Chapter 325 LAW ENFORCEMENT
Chapter 328 LEAD POISONING PREVENTION
Chapter 332 LIBRARY
Chapter 339 LICENSES AND PERMITS
Chapter 346 LITTER AND ADVERTISING MATERIAL
Chapter 353 LOITERING AND PANHANDLING
Chapter 364 MASSAGE THERAPISTS
Chapter 378 MUNICIPAL CLAIMS AND LIENS
Chapter 387 NOISE
Chapter 396 PARKS AND RECREATION
Chapter 403 PAWNBROKERS
Chapter 410 PEDDLING AND SOLICITING
Chapter 424 POLES
Chapter 431 PROPERTY SALES
Chapter 433 PUBLIC ART
Chapter 438 RAIN BARRELS
Chapter 442 RECORDS, PUBLIC ACCESS
Chapter 453 SALES
Chapter 460 SCRAP METAL DEALERS
Chapter 467 SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
Chapter 473 SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES
Chapter 479 SIDEWALK CAFES
Chapter 485 SIGNS
Chapter 496 SOLID WASTE
Chapter 502 STORAGE FACILITIES
Chapter 505 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
Chapter 508 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
Chapter 515 SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 521 SUSTAINABILITY
Chapter 536 TAMPERING WITH PUBLIC PROPERTY
Chapter 540 TATTOO AND PIERCING ESTABLISHMENTS
Chapter 543 TAX ABATEMENTS
Chapter 546 TAX AMNESTY PROGRAM
Chapter 549 TAXATION
Chapter 555 TREES
Chapter 564 VEHICLE NUISANCES, STORAGE OF
Chapter 570 VEHICLE REPAIR SHOPS
Chapter 576 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Chapter 583 VENDING MACHINES
Chapter 600 ZONING
Chapter A610 ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY
Chapter A611 BOND ISSUES AND LOANS
Chapter A612 FRANCHISE AND SERVICES
Chapter A613 GOVERNMENTAL AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Chapter A614 PLAN APPROVAL
Chapter A615 PUBLIC PROPERTY
Chapter A616 SEWERS
Chapter A617 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
Chapter A618 WATER
Chapter A619 ZONING; PRIOR ORDINANCES
Chapter DT DERIVATION TABLE
Chapter DL DISPOSITION LIST
Chapter 570
VEHICLE REPAIR SHOPS
§ 570-101.   Definitions.
§ 570-102.   Report of damaged motor vehicles required.
§ 570-103.   State reports required.
§ 570-104.   Violations and penalties.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Reading 9-13-1967 by Ord. No. 28-1967 (Ch. 13, Part 10, of the 2001 Code of Ordinances). Amendments noted where applicable.]
STATE LAW REFERENCES
Accidents and accident reporting — See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3747 et seq.
Vehicle Code — See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
§ 570-101. Definitions.
Words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Vehicle Code of Pennsylvania, except in those instances where the context clearly indicates a different meaning. The singular shall include the plural and the masculine shall include the feminine.
§ 570-102. Report of damaged motor vehicles required.
[Amended 5-29-2001 by Ord. No. 14-2001 1 ]
The person in charge of any motor vehicle service station, garage or repair shop, including a motor vehicle garage or repair shop operated in connection with a motor vehicle parts and accessories store in the City to which is brought any motor vehicle which shows evidence of having been involved in an accident, externally damaged or struck by a bullet, shall make a report of such damage to the Police Department, orally or in writing or upon demand. The report shall be retained by the vehicle repair shop for a minimum of one year. The report shall include the registration number of the vehicle and, if known, the name and address of the owner and/or operation of such vehicle as well as photographs of the damage to the vehicle. 2
1.   Editor's Note: Amended during codification (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Part 2).
2.   Editor's Note: Original § 13-1003, Repairs prohibited prior to damage release sticker, and § 13-1004, Damage release sticker, as amended 5-29-2001 by Ord. No. 14-2001, which immediately followed this section, were repealed during codification (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Part 2).
§ 570-103. State reports required.
Nothing herein contained shall exempt any operator of any motor vehicle involved in an accident or any person in charge of any garage or repair shop from the making of any report as required by the Vehicle Code of Pennsylvania.
§ 570-104. Violations and penalties.
[Amended 5-29-2001 by Ord. No. 14-2001]
Whoever violates any provision of this chapter shall be, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $600 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days.