A. Regulations: Any person engaging in the business of renting, leasing, or lending motorcycles or motor driven cycles shall:
1. License Required: First obtain a license as provided in this chapter.
2. Age Of Licensee; State License Required: Be twenty one (21) years of age, if an individual or manager of a corporation, and shall possess any license required by the laws of the state of Illinois.
3. Application For License: Make application for a license on forms provided by the village clerk and containing the following:
a. If an individual, the name and address of the individual.
b. If a partnership, the name, residence and business address of each partner.
c. If a corporation, the name, date and state under whose laws such corporation was organized, and if a foreign corporation, whether authorized to do business in the state of Illinois and the names of the principal officers, directors and local representatives, their residences and business addresses.
d. The location where the business of renting motorcycles will be conducted, and the number of motorcycles that will be maintained on the premises for rental purposes.
4. Location: Not conduct such business within any zoned residential district or within two hundred feet (200') thereof.
5. Records Kept: Maintain precise records of vehicle rental indicating the name of the person to whom the rental was made, his address, the registered motor number of the vehicle rented or leased, together with other identifying data, the parent or guardian's written approval of a minor's application and his agreement to be responsible for the action of such minor in the use of the vehicle, the date and hour of its rental and the time of its return to the possession of the licensee.
6. Minors: Not rent to anyone under eighteen (18) years of age until he has on file in his possession an acknowledgment in writing, signed by either parent of the applicant's legal guardian, in the presence of and witnessed by the licensee or his duly authorized agent, to the effect that permission is granted for such child to rent, lease or borrow a motorcycle or motor driven cycle from such renter, lessor or lender, and that such parent or guardian consents to the renting, leasing or lending of a motorcycle or motor driven cycle to such child, and assumes full legal responsibility for acts or actions of such child in the operation of any such motorcycle or motor driven cycle then or thereafter rented, leased or lent to such child, and such renter, lessor or lender may rely upon such written consent as compliance with this chapter until it is revoked in writing by written revocation, signed by either of such parents or by such guardian, and delivered to such renter, lessor or lender.
7. Driver's License Required: Rent vehicles only to persons who have and can show a valid motor vehicle operator's license.
8. Maintenance Of Vehicles: Maintain all motorcycles in a safe manner and provide each with all equipment required by law.
9. Hours Of Operation: Operate the business between the hours of eight o'clock (8:00) A.M. and ten o'clock (10:00) P.M. There shall be no rental after ten o'clock (10:00) P.M. or the returning of motorcycles between the hours of twelve o'clock (12:00) midnight and eight o'clock (8:00) A.M. (1965 Code § 10-15-3)
10. Financial Responsibility: Provide proof of financial responsibility in compliance with all pertinent provisions of 625 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/8-101 et seq. (1965 Code § 10-15-3; amd. 2009 Code)
11. Number Of Vehicles: Have only the number of rental motorcycles on the premises as provided for in his application.
12. Compliance With Laws: Comply with all ordinances and regulations of the village, including any reasonable regulations set by the chief of police to effectuate this chapter. (1965 Code § 10-15-3)
B. License Fee: The annual license fee for a person engaged in the business of renting, leasing or lending motorcycles or motor driven cycles shall be as provided in section 4-1-3 of this code. (1965 Code § 10-15-4; amd. 2009 Code)