(A) No person shall engage in or conduct business as a dealer in new or used motor vehicles in the city without a license issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
DEALER. Any person engaged in the business of selling, exchanging or otherwise disposing of, displaying, advertising or offering for sale, new or used motor vehicles as a principal business or occupation, or as an adjunct to or incidental to any other business or profession.
MOTOR VEHICLES. Automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, snowmobiles, jet skis, boats, all terrain vehicles, or other similar vehicle(s) propelled by a motor and/or any vehicles requiring a state issued license.
(B) The application for a license shall he made in writing, signed and verified by the applicant on forms provided by the city. The application shall state the full legal name, residence and age of the applicant, driver's license and social security numbers; if a partnership, the full legal names of all partners; if a corporation, the full legal names of all the officers thereof. The application shall state the business and residence addresses of all applicants for a period of five years prior to the date of application; whether the applicant is the sole owner of the business to be conducted; and shall state that no other persons than those named in the application have any interest in the management and control of such business.
(C) No licensee under this section shall store any motor vehicles on any public street in the city.
(D) Every licensee under this section shall be governed by the following regulations relating to consumer transactions:
(1) Each licensee or his agent or employee, shall at the time of any sale give to the purchaser of a motor vehicle a written statement signed by the licensee or his salesman or agent, showing the name of the licensee and his address, the name of the person making the sale, the date of the sale, the license number, if available, and the serial number of such motor vehicle, the purchase price, and whether in cash or on credit terms.
(2) Each licensee or his agent or employee, who sells a motor vehicle must be in compliance with all state and federal regulations.
(3) The licensee or his agent or employee shall furnish upon request from a prospective purchaser, the name of the previous owner(s) of any used motor vehicle offered for sale.
(E) The provisions of this section shall apply to all sales whether or not the motor vehicle sold or advertised for sale is owned by the licensee, or whether such licensee is acting as an agent or consignee for the owner.
(F) The City Council may revoke, suspend, or take such other action to restrict the privileges of the licensee as it may determine upon showing that the licensee or his agent or employees knowingly violated any provision of this section or any state or federal law(s).
(`77 Code, § 5.207) (Am. Ord. 1377, passed 10-12-98) Penalty, see § 5.701