Auburn, AL Business Licensing & Operations: Auto Repair on Residential Property (2026)

' Unlike the floor-area or employee limits elsewhere in the section, this is not a cap that can be met by scaling down; no amount of compliance with the other twelve conditions makes on-site auto repair a lawful home occupation in Auburn. 04(B)(2) and (11)). Because vehicle repair inherently involves exactly the kind of noise, fluids, parts storage and vehicle traffic the general nuisance clause targets, the Ordinance addresses it with a categorical prohibition rather than leaving it to case-by-case nuisance review. A resident who wants to work on vehicles commercially must locate that use in a nonresidential district where automotive repair is a permitted or conditional use, and go through the applicable zoning certificate or conditional-use process for that district instead of a home occupation certificate.