[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Highland Park by Ord. No. 398 (§ 4-8 of the 1987 Code).
Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage
in the business of selling or exchanging any motor vehicle upon any
open lot in the Borough of Highland Park without first obtaining a
license therefor as herein provided.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meaning indicated:
Any lot, tract or parcel of land plus any enclosed structure
or area adjacent thereto used in connection with the offering for
sale, lease or exchange of motor vehicles, but shall not include any
lot, tract or parcel of land which is primarily used to conduct the
business of public motor repair or public storage of motor vehicles.
Includes the offering of motor vehicles for sale, lease or
exchange by exhibiting, storing, parking, locating or keeping such
motor vehicles upon an open lot, as aforesaid, with the intent to
sell, lease or exchange such motor vehicles.
A.
Applications for licenses to conduct the business
of selling or exchanging motor vehicles upon an open lot shall be
made to the Borough Clerk and shall be accompanied by a license fee
hereinafter stated. Such applications shall be made upon forms to
be prepared by the Borough Clerk and shall set forth: the full name
or names of the applicant with his post office address; an accurate
description of the open lot whereon the business is to be conducted,
including a sketch of such location; the number of square feet to
be devoted to such business; the name or names of the owner of such
open lot with his post office address and such other matters as may
be required by the Borough Clerk.
B.
If no legal reasons appear why such license should
not issue, and if the applicant shall have paid the license fee, the
Borough Clerk shall issue such license under his hand and the Seal
of the Borough, which license shall bear the day of its issue and
shall expire one year thereafter.
[Amended by Ord. No. 940; Ord. No. 1170]
The annual license fee for the license shall
be:
No license issued shall be assigned unless an
application be made to the Borough Council and the approval obtained
and no license shall be transferred to a different location than that
for which issued, unless application be made to the Borough Council
and its approval obtained.
No motor vehicle shall be exhibited, stored,
parked, located or kept under the license issued hereunder except
upon the premises described in the application therefor and this shall
not be construed to include any sidewalk or street upon which the
premises abut.
[Amended 2-7-1989 by Ord. No. 1178]
This chapter is enacted for administrative regulation
and control purpose of the business sought to be licensed hereunder.
The Borough Council may suspend or revoke at
any time any license issued hereunder after public hearing, of which
five days notice in writing shall be given to the licensee, by serving
the same personally upon him, or by mailing the same to the address
shown in the application for such license, if the licensee shall have
used or permitted the premises licensed to be used for any improper,
immoral or illegal business or purpose, or if the licensee shall fail
to keep the licensed premises in a clean, safe, sanitary and proper
condition.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions
of this chapter shall, in addition to the suspension or revocation
of his license, be subject to a fine not to exceed $1,000, except
that the minimum penalty under this chapter shall be $100.. Each and
every day in which a violation of this chapter exists shall constitute
a separate violation.
[Added by Ord. No. 1170]
This chapter shall be enforced by the Borough
Police Department.
