(A) There are hereby established the following regulations relating to the sale of vehicles in the corporate limits of the city.
(B) As used in this chapter, AUTOMOBILE DEALER means any person, partnership, corporation or other legal entity engaged in selling, offering to sell, trading, soliciting or advertising the sale of new or used motor vehicles or possessing motor vehicles for the purposes of resale or trade either on his own account or on behalf of another either as his primary business or incidental thereto. AUTOMOBILE DEALER shall not mean any private citizen or person not engaged in the business of selling, offering to sell, soliciting or advertising the sale of new or used motor vehicles privately unless that person is selling vehicles as a business interest; nor shall this chapter apply to banks, lending institutions or financial institutions conducting a private or public sale of repossessed motor vehicles or motor vehicles sold under court order or through foreclosure proceedings.
(Ord. 02-21, passed 7-9-02)