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27.04.040 AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATION.

"Automobile service station" means:

(1) Premises devoted to the retail sale of motor vehicle fuel, lubricating oils, and similar products;

(2) Premises providing services for lubrication, car washing, polishing, undersealing, minor motor tuneup and repair, ignition system repair and front end and wheel alignment, including minor work incidental to the foregoing where cutting and fitting machinery is employed;

(3) Premises devoted to the retail sale and installation of batteries, tires, windshield wipers, spark plugs, headlights, tail and backup lights, mufflers, shock absorbers, brakes, seat covers and similar accessories, including minor work incidental to the foregoing where cutting and fitting machinery is employed;

(4) The following is excluded and not permitted: engine replacement, major repair, including, but not limited to, framework and body repair work; the repair and installation of clutch, transmission and differentials, and further excluding any other work where cutting and fitting machinery is employed, except that cutting and fitting machinery may be used for that work which is specifically or incidentally authorized under subsections (2) and (3) of this section.