(a) Storage. Motor vehicles stored for sale shall be kept off of public sidewalks and public streets. Such vehicles shall be contained on private property by means of the ornamental metal fencing and/or landscape strips as required in Section 686C.07. In the case of a used motor vehicle storage place for which installation of such fencing or landscaping is not yet required, stored vehicles shall be kept off of the public right-of-way by maintenance of setback areas required by zoning regulations and/or by anchored concrete or plastic wheelstops, concrete or asphalt curbing, wooden bollards or black-painted posts and metal chains/cables, or black-painted guard rails or pipe rail. Chain link or wooden fencing shall not be used to contain stored vehicles on private property, except that retention of such fencing, if in good repair, shall be permitted until installation of ornamental metal fencing or landscaping is required by the provisions of Section 686C.07.
(b) Use. If the operator of a motor vehicle sales place permits customers to test drive vehicles offered for sale, the operator shall provide to each such customer, immediately prior to the test drive, a written notice stating that the vehicle shall be operated in accordance with all applicable traffic laws, and, more specifically, shall not be operated in a manner that produces excessive and unusual levels of noise or fumes. To facilitate compliance with this notice, an employee of the used motor vehicle sales place shall accompany any customer test-driving a vehicle being offered for sale. Repeated violations of the provision of this section will be considered cause for suspension or revocation of a license.
(Ord. No. 1488-2000. Passed 10-9-00, eff. 10-17-00)