(A) License; application; fee.
(1) No person, firm or corporation shall engage in the business of selling or dealing in, on consignment or otherwise, used motor vehicles without having first obtained a license therefor. Applications shall be made in writing to the City Clerk and shall state in addition the name of the applicant and the location intended to be used.
(2) The annual fee for such license shall be as set forth in the license fee schedule on file and available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk.
(‘82 Code, § 5.46.010)
(B) Assurance; frontage consent.
(1) No such license shall be issued to a person who has been convicted of any fraudulent sale of or of any irregularity in the sale or trade of used cars.
(2) No person, firm or corporation shall locate, construct or maintain any such business in any block in the city where a majority of the houses abutting on both sides of the street in such block are used exclusively for dwelling purposes without having first secured the written consent of the owners of a majority of the frontage abutting on both sides of the street in such block in the manner provided in this code for the securing of such frontage consents.
(‘82 Code, § 5.46.020)
(C) Bond. Every such person, firm or corporation shall file with the City Clerk indemnity bonds, insurance policies or certificates of insurance issued by a surety, indemnity or insurance company authorized to do such business under the laws of this state, which shall insure or indemnify such applicant for his or her liability, in the case of any automobile owned or controlled or operated by him or her, or his or her employees, or by any person with his or her knowledge or consent, or the knowledge or consent of his or her employees or salesmen, in the course of his or her business or dealings as such used car dealer, in the amount of not less than:
(1) In the case of injury or death to persons, $5,000 to any one person and $10,000 for any one accident;
(2) In the case of property damage, $5,000.
(‘82 Code, § 5.46.030)
(D) New motor vehicle business exempt from provisions. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require a license from any manufacturer or importer of motor vehicles or his or her selling agent or subsidiary who may buy or take in trade and sell any used motor vehicle incident to his or her new motor vehicle business without such license.
(‘82 Code, § 5.46.040)
(Ord. passed - -80) Penalty, see § 10.99