This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Used Car
Zoning Law of the Village of Monticello, New York."
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Monticello has reviewed
the Comprehensive Plan of the Village and has determined that it is
necessary to establish guidelines and procedures for the establishment
and operation of used car lots to insure that such businesses conform
to appropriate and acceptable standards.
This chapter regulates and restricts the location, construction,
alteration, occupancy and use of buildings and structures and the
use of land for the selling or offering for sale of used motor vehicles
in the Village of Monticello.
For the purpose of this chapter, the terms used herein are defined
as follows:
USED CAR DEALER
Includes any person, firm or corporation engaged in or carrying
on the business of buying, selling or trading used motor vehicles,
including automobiles and trucks with one axle and a gross vehicle
weight under 7,500 pounds.
USED CAR SALES LOT
Any lot or group of contiguous lots used for the storage,
display and sale of used automobiles and where no repair work is done
except the necessary reconditioning of the automobiles to be displayed
and sold on the premises or the repair of automobiles previously sold
by the operator of said lot.
It shall be the duty of the Building Inspector of the Village
of Monticello to make periodic inspections of used car lots to ensure
compliance with all sections of this chapter and other applicable
provisions of the Village Code. Failure to permit such periodic inspections
shall result in the imposition of fines set forth in this chapter.
A violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be
punishable as follows:
A. As provided in Article
III, General Penalty, of Chapter
1 of the Code of the Village of Monticello; or
B. By a civil penalty not exceeding $350 for a first offense; for a
conviction of a second offense, both of which were committed within
a period of five years, by a civil penalty of not less than $350 nor
more than $700; and upon conviction of a third or subsequent offense,
all of which were committed within a period of five years, by a civil
penalty of not less than $700 nor more than $1,000.