Pima County, AZ Business Licensing & Operations: Auto Repair on Residential Property (2026)

Non-commercial home auto repair of motor vehicles is permitted in TH, RH, GR-1, SR, SR-2, SH, CR-1, CR-2, CR-3, CR-4, CR-5, TR, CMH-1, CMH-2, and MU zones as an accessory use to a dwelling unit provided that the vehicle being repaired belongs to the resident of the dwelling unit and further provided that the vehicle and property are in compliance with this section.

2.   No more than one unscreened, inoperable motor vehicle can be stored on a lot containing less than eight thousand square feet of lot area.

3.   No more than two unscreened, inoperable motor vehicles can be stored on a lot containing more than eight thousand square feet of lot area.

4.   An unscreened, inoperable motor vehicle may be stored for a period of time not to exceed sixty calendar days.

5.   Inoperable motor vehicles stored longer than one period of sixty calendar days shall be screened by either mature vegetation as defined below or screened by a built or assembled self-supporting enclosure which has no openings through which a spherical object of one inch in diameter can pass. The screening must effectively block the view of the stored objects from an observer at adjacent grade five feet from the enclosure. For the purposes of this section an enclosure or screen must meet one or more of the following requirements:

a.   Be any mature non-deciduous vegetation.

b.   Be a built or assembled self-supporting structural screen or