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CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EUCLID, OHIO
CERTIFICATION
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS (2024)
PRELIMINARY UNIT
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF EUCLID, OHIO
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATION CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
TITLE ONE - Business Regulation
CHAPTER 703 Amusement Devices, Vending Machines and Game Rooms
CHAPTER 705 Sweepstakes Terminal Cafés
CHAPTER 707 Banks and Other Financial Institutions
CHAPTER 709 Billiards
CHAPTER 711 Bowling Alleys
CHAPTER 713 Check Cashing and Money Exchange Businesses
CHAPTER 715 Christmas Trees
CHAPTER 716 Clothing Donation Containers; Recycle Bins
CHAPTER 717 Coin-Operated Dry Cleaning
CHAPTER 719 Community Antenna Television Systems
CHAPTER 721 Consumer Protection
CHAPTER 722 Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers
CHAPTER 723 Detergents
CHAPTER 725 Exhibition Halls
CHAPTER 727 Fortunetelling
CHAPTER 728 Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
CHAPTER 731 Gasoline and Oil Filling Stations
CHAPTER 733 Going-Out-Of-Business Sales
CHAPTER 737 Junk and Junked Automobile Storage
CHAPTER 739 Junk and Secondhand Dealers and Scrap Metal Processors
CHAPTER 743 Landlords
CHAPTER 747 Massage Parlors
CHAPTER 749 Motor Buses
CHAPTER 751 Sexually Oriented Businesses
CHAPTER 753 Nursing Homes
CHAPTER 757 Peddlers and Solicitors
CHAPTER 759 Private Police
CHAPTER 760 Private Transfer Stations for Nonhazardous Waste
CHAPTER 761 Public Dances and Dance Halls
CHAPTER 763 Real Estate Practices
CHAPTER 767 Security Guards
CHAPTER 768 Video Surveillance Systems for Apartment Complexes
CHAPTER 769 Snow Removal Contractors
CHAPTER 771 Store Operation
CHAPTER 775 Taxicabs
CHAPTER 777 Tow Trucks and Tow Truck Operators
CHAPTER 781 Used Car Lots
CHAPTER 785 Weapon Sales
CHAPTER 787 Weights and Measures
TITLE THREE - Taxation
PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - HEALTH AND SANITATION CODE
PART THIRTEEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
PART SEVENTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
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781.03 APPLICATION.
   Each person intending to operate a used car lot or to sell or display used motor vehicles in the open as a business, shall first file with the Mayor an application for a license. Such application shall be in the form prescribed by the Mayor and shall be signed by the applicant and sworn to.
   The application, in addition to such other information as may be required by the Mayor, shall include the following:
   (a)   The name of the applicant and the location of the principal place of business;
   (b)   The name or style under which the business is to be conducted and, if a corporation, the state of incorporation;
   (c)   The name and address of each owner or partner and, if a corporation, the name of the officers and directors;
   (d)   The location at which the business is to be conducted; and
   (e)   A statement as to whether or not the applicant has previously applied for a license and the result of such application, and whether or not the applicant has ever been the holder of a license which was revoked or suspended. If the applicant is a corporation or copartnership, the statement shall indicate whether or not any of the partners, employees, officers or directors have been refused a license or have been holders of a license which has been revoked or suspended.
(Ord. 8963. Passed 6-20-49.)
781.04 GENERAL REGULATIONS.
   With the application for a license to operate a used car lot shall be filed a plot plan of the premises to be used, which shall show the location of signs and structures, and there shall also be filed plans and specifications for such signs and structures.
   In the application, the applicant shall agree that:
   (a)   All temporary structures and all signs shall be removed and the premises cleared upon the vacation of the premises by the licensee, and upon failure to do so, the City may remove the same at the licensee's expense.
   (b)   No repairs to motor vehicles shall be made in the open or in any temporary building.
   (c)   No scrapped or junked motor vehicles, parts or accessories shall be permitted to accumulate or remain on the premises.
   (d)   The continuance of the license shall be conditioned upon compliance by the licensee with the conditions of the application, the approved plans of the Building Commissioner and the ordinances of the City applicable thereto.
(Ord. 8963. Passed 6-20-49.)
781.05 TEMPORARY STRUCTURES; SIGNS.
   The Mayor is authorized and empowered to permit the location on the premises of a used car lot a temporary structure to be used as an office by the licensee and to permit the construction of signs on the premises advertising the licensee's business, in accordance with Chapter 1735 of the Building and Housing Code. The Mayor shall collect such permit fees for such temporary structures or signs as are provided by ordinance for permanent structures or signs.
(Ord. 8963. Passed 6-20-49.)
781.06 DISPLAY OF VEHICLES; EXTERIOR AREA.
   No motor vehicle shall be displayed by the licensee of a used car lot nearer to the sidewalk than the established building setback line. The licensee shall agree to the grassing and sodding of the area between the sidewalk line and the established building setback line. Entrances and exits shall be constructed and maintained as approved by the Mayor. The applicant shall file with the application a plot plan of the premises and specifications of structures and signs.
(Ord. 8963. Passed 6-20-49.)
781.07 DENIAL OF LICENSE.
   The Mayor shall deny the application of any person for a license to operate a used car lot if any of the following is true:
   (a)   The applicant refuses to agree to comply with the conditions of this chapter or any other applicable ordinances of the City.
   (b)   The applicant has made a false statement of a material fact in the application.
   (c)   The applicant has not complied with all of the conditions of this chapter.
   (d)   The applicant has been guilty of a fraudulent act in connection with the selling of or dealing in motor vehicles.
   (e)   The premises on which the applicant proposes to do business are not zoned in a U4, U5 or U6 Use District.
(Ord. 8963. Passed 6-20-49.)
781.08 REVOCATION OF LICENSE.
   The Mayor is authorized and empowered to suspend, revoke or refuse to renew any license to operate a used car lot, if any ground existed upon which such license might have been refused, or if the licensee fails to comply with the conditions to which the licensee agreed in the application. Notice of suspension or revocation shall be sufficient if left at the premises for which the license is issued.
(Ord. 8963. Passed 6-20-49.)
781.09 APPEALS.
   (a)   Any applicant for a used car sales license or licensee whose application has been refused or whose license has been suspended or revoked, or who has been refused a renewal, may appeal such action of the Mayor to the Planning and Zoning Commission. Such appeal shall be perfected by the applicant or licensee by filing with the Mayor a notice of appeal within five days after the Mayor has notified the applicant or licensee of his or her action. Upon the filing of such notice of appeal, the Mayor shall certify to the Planning and Zoning Commission all papers in connection with the case, together with a report of the Mayor's action relative to the suspension, revocation or refusal to renew a license. Such certification shall be made within five days after the filing of the notice of appeal.
   (b)   The Planning and Zoning Commission may make reasonable rules and regulations governing its actions relative to the hearing of such appeals, and the Commission may affirm, modify or reverse the action of the Mayor. The action of the Commission shall be final. The Commission shall have full power to make an investigation to determine the correctness and legality of the order of the Mayor.
(Ord. 8963. Passed 6-20-49.)
781.10 LICENSE FEES; DUPLICATES; RENEWALS.
   The fee for a license to operate a used car lot shall be fifty dollars ($50.00). In all cases the fee shall accompany the application for a license. The Mayor shall issue to all persons to whom licenses are granted appropriate and proper certificates in such form as he or she may prescribe. In the event of the loss, mutilation or destruction of a license, any licensee may make application for a duplicate copy thereof. The fee for a certified or duplicate copy of a license shall be ten dollars ($10.00). Every licensee interested in obtaining a renewal of such license shall, on or before the first day of March of each year after the issuance of the initial license, file an application in such form as shall be prescribed for the renewal of such license. The fee for a renewal license shall be fifty dollars ($50.00).
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