Vehicle inspections and maintenance.
Pasadena Municipal Code § 5.72.275
in effect5.72.275 - Vehicle inspections and maintenance.
A. Current Inspection Certificate. The director of public works and transportation shall adopt an inspection form which sets forth the minimum equipment condition and safety standards which a vehicle shall be required to meet to be issued a permit to operate under this chapter. The certificate must be completed, under penalty of perjury, by any automotive repair dealer registered with the Bureau of Automotive Repairs of the state of California pursuant to Business and Professions Code Sections 9884, et seq. or any successor provision. The certificate shall be considered current for the purposes of this chapter if completed no more than sixty (60) days before the day it is tendered with an application.
B. Maintenance. No owner or driver shall operate or cause to be operated any vehicle permitted under this chapter while the same or any of the equipment used thereon is in an unsafe, defective or unsanitary condition. The owner and driver shall keep a log of all maintenance work, including date of work, work performed and identity of person performing work, within each vehicle at all times the vehicle is operated pursuant to a permit issued under this chapter. The inspection log shall be made available to any peace officer who requests it, and true and exact copies of the maintenance log shall be presented to the City as specified in this chapter.
(Ord. 6729 § 8, 1997)
Source: City of Pasadena, California, Municipal Code and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/pasadena/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT5BULIRE_ARTIISPBU_CH5.72VEHI_5.72.275VEINMAFetched: 11/8/2026