Sacramento County ban on home “major auto repair”

I live a couple hours north of Sacramento and I remember reading a while ago about the ban on home major auto repair even in a closed garage due to environmental concern regarding the chemicals used in such activity and the possibility people were operating repair shops out of the home garages.

Has anybody on here from Sac County run afoul of that county wide ordinance? Are they actually enforcing it? I’m kind of guessing it might take somebody to report it because the police are stretched so thin these days.

That’s a big classic car area and it’s ridiculous to think you can’t R&R and engine or transmission or even tear into your rear end without the possibility of getting cited and fined. Forget changing a water or power steering pump. Sheesh.

I haven’t seen any chatter on it and searched for it too. Just wondering the local reaction.[/QUOTE
I live a couple hours north of Sacramento and I remember reading a while ago about the ban on home major auto repair even in a closed garage due to environmental concern regarding the chemicals used in such activity and the possibility people were operating repair shops out of the home garages.

Has anybody on here from Sac County run afoul of that county wide ordinance? Are they actually enforcing it? I’m kind of guessing it might take somebody to report it because the police are stretched so thin these days.

That’s a big classic car area and it’s ridiculous to think you can’t R&R and engine or transmission or even tear into your rear end without the possibility of getting cited and fined. Forget changing a water or power steering pump. Sheesh.

I haven’t seen any chatter on it and searched for it too. Just wondering the local reaction.
It's my experience that code enforcement does go out looking for people doing work on there car. They are too busy to generate their own calls.
However, it just takes one snitch or rat and you will hear from them. I was told by a code enforment agent once that I could not change my engine oil in my own garage.