Council approves ordinance moving 'automobile wrecking shop' definition into zoning chapter

The Mexico City Council on June 23 passed Bill 2025-46, an ordinance that relocates the definition of “automobile wrecking shop” (also described as automobile salvage/auto salvage yards) from the city’s nuisance chapter into Chapter 42, Zoning Article 7 of the municipal code.

The move is administrative: the change places the definition and its conditions in the zoning chapter so the use is defined where other land-use categories are listed. “This particular definition was in the old nuisance chapter, but it's just the definition for the automobile wrecking shop and some conditions. And so we're moving it into the zoning chapter, and so it will just live there, as part of the zoning because it is the definition for 1 of our uses,” said Nathan Mile Libarro, identified in the meeting as a presenter for the item.

Mr. Slayton introduced the item for the council. A motion for reading and a motion for passage were made and seconded during the meeting; roll-call votes recorded unanimous support. Councilmembers who voted “yes” on the second reading and passage included Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Ray, Councilmember Hay, Councilmember Briggs, and Councilmember Weber, among others called during roll call.

The ordinance does not change operational rules or add new operational requirements in the text discussed at the meeting; it relocates and codifies the existing definition within the zoning chapter so the use is tied directly to land‑use regulations. No amendments or additional conditions were proposed during the council discussion.

Bill 2025-46 will appear in the city code under Chapter 42, Article 7, Industrial District, as read into the record and approved by the council.

The council completed the vote without further public comment on the item.