Purpose; relationship to other provisions.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 8-91
in effectSec. 8-91. - Purpose; relationship to other provisions.
(a) Pursuant to the provisions of this division, an automotive repair facility that primarily functions as a body shop may qualify to obtain a license as a body shop facility with storage privileges. A holder of that license shall, subject to compliance with this division, be entitled to function as both an automotive repair facility and an automotive storage lot operator under this article so that a storage fee may be imposed for vehicles that are stored with the owner's consent pending their repair at the body shop or other disposition. The holder of a body shop facility with storage privileges license shall not be required to also hold an automotive repair facility license or automotive storage lot operator's license for operations at the covered premises in compliance with this division.
(b) A body shop facility with storage privileges that is licensed under this division is not required to comply with the land use requirements established in section 28-34 of this Code. However, it is the intent of city council in adopting this article that the article cannot be used to circumvent the 300-foot land use restrictions that apply therein to any storage lot, whether in existence at the time of adoption of this article or created thereafter.
(c) Nothing contained in this division shall be construed to preclude an automotive repair facility, whether primarily operating as a body shop or not, that is situated in a location that complies with section 28-34 of this Code from obtaining a license under the state Vehicle Storage Facility Act or a private storage lot authorization under article III of this chapter, as applicable, and conducting vehicle storage operations thereunder.
(d) Nothing contained in this division shall be construed to preclude any automotive repair facility, whether primarily operating as a body shop or not, from storing vehicles without imposing a fee for the service as authorized in section 8-30 of this Code.
(e) All provisions of this article that apply to automotive repair facilities shall also apply to a body shop facility with storage privileges license holder, except that the license holder may not store vehicles as provided in section 8-30(o) of this Code.
(Ord. No. 99-1354, § 3, 12-21-99)
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