36-66 ORDINANCE NO. 36-66.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, LICENSING
AND REGULATING THE BUSINESS OF REPAIRING
MOTOR VEHICLES! AND PROVIDING PENALTIES
FOR VIOLATION.
WHEREAS, the places where motor vehicle repair busi-
nesses are carried on within the City of Delray Beach sometimes
are, or in the future may be littered with refuse or debris or
used unlawfully as repositories of partially dismantled, non-
operable, wrecked, junked, or discarded vehicles, thereby cre-
ating conditions which tend to attract children and endanger
their lives and health; increase vermin and noxious weeds;
spread disease; invite plundering; attract vagrants; create
fire hazards and other safety and health hazards; create, ex-
tend, and aggravate urban blight; interfere with the enjoyment
of and reduce the value of private property; and interfere with
the comfort and well-being of the public;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The Code of Ordinances of the City of
Delray Beach, Florida, is hereby amended by adding Chapter 15C
to read as follows:
"Sec. 15C-1. DEFINITIONS. Except where otherwise
indicated by context, the following definitions
shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement
of this ordinance:
(1) 'Motor vehicle' shall mean an automobile,
truck, motorcycle, or other trackless, self-
propelled vehicle designed primarily to trans-
port persons or property over public streets
and highways.
(2) 'Motor vehicle repair shop' shall mean any
place, indoors or outdoors where motor vehicles
are repaired for a charge and any place where the
work of repairing motor vehicles is carried on as
an incident to the business of selling new or used
motor vehicles, or new or used motor vehicle parts,
or as an incident to any other traffic in motor
vehicles or their parts or equipment.
(3) 'Repair work on motor vehicles' shall mean
any work done on the premises of a motor vehicle
repair shop which requires direct or indirect
physical contact with a motor vehicle or part
thereof.
Sec. 15C-2o RESTRIOTIONS. All repairing processes and
storage, except of serviceable and operating vehicles,
shall either be within completely closed buildings or
shall be effectively screened by a solid concrete block
wall or equal fence as approved by the City Building In-
spector of not less than six (6) feet in height. No
partially dismantled, non-operable, or wrecked vehicle
shall be stored or dismantled on the repair shop prem-
ises, except as a direct, immediate, and necessary inci-
dent to its repair, except when screened as hereinabove
required.
Page 2. ORDINANCE NO. 36-66.
Sec. 15C-3. COMPLIANCE DATE. Any person operating any
motor vehicle repair shop on the effective date of this
ordinance shall have a period of sixty days after such
effective date to comply with the terms of this ordi-
nance.
Sec. 15C-4. PENALTY PROVISIONS. Any person, firm or
corporation who shall violate the provisions of this
ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished
as provided in Section 1-6 of the Code of Ordinances
of Delray Beach, Florida."
Section 2. That if any word, phrase, clause, sentence
or part of this ordinance shall be declared illegal by a court
of competent jurisdiction, such record of illegality shall in
no way affect the remainingportion.
PASSED in regular session on the second and final read-
ing on the 27th day of June , 1966.
MAYOR
ATTEST: j
First Reading _ June 13, 1966
Second Reading June 27, 1966
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