Taylor, MI Business Licensing & Operations: Auto Repair on Residential Property (2026)

Section 15.09(b) of Taylor's Zoning Appendix A limits vehicle repair, restoration and maintenance in residential districts to work that is not conducted entirely inside the vehicle. Any such work done outdoors must take place on a concrete or asphalt driveway surface, and every vehicle parked or worked on outside must be licensed and operable. Once a repair procedure runs longer than 48 hours, or leaves the vehicle inoperable for more than 48 hours, the work must move into an enclosed building rather than continue in the driveway or yard.

Inoperable vehicles and vehicle parts cannot be stored outside at all; Section 15.09(b)(3) requires them inside an enclosed building regardless of how long the repair takes. These maintenance rules sit alongside Section 15.09(a)'s limits on selling vehicles from a residential lot: a resident can offer only one motorized vehicle for sale at a time, it must be displayed on the driveway portion of the yard or the adjacent 15-foot-wide strip where the driveway is narrower than 12 feet, and it must sit on a hard or pervious surface.

Vacant residential lots cannot be used to sell vehicles at all. Together, the sections keep a home garage or driveway from becoming an outdoor auto shop or used car lot, while still allowing routine maintenance and an occasional private sale.