[Adopted 10-26-2004 by G.O. No. 8-2004; amended in its entirety 9-13-2017 by G.O. No. 14-2017[1]]
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Editor’s Note: This ordinance also amended the title of this article, which was formerly Secondhand Auto Dealers.
It shall be unlawful for any person to establish, maintain or operate a secondhand motor vehicle dealership within the City of Yonkers without having first obtained a license therefor from the Director of the Office of Licensing.
Application for such license shall be made to the Director of the Office of Licensing upon such forms as he shall prescribe. Such application shall contain New York State motor vehicle license number, the name of the person and, if a partnership, the names of the partners and, if a corporation, association, joint-stock company or society, the names of the officers thereof; the specific location where such secondhand dealership is to be or is established, operated and maintained, together with the home address of all persons listed in the application. The Office, before issuing any such license, shall cause an investigation to be made of the premises named and described in such application by the Fire Department and other appropriate City agencies, for the purpose of determining whether the provisions of the Yonkers Fire and Building Code[1] and all other applicable state and local safety and fire regulations are fully complied with.
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Editor's Note: See Ch. 55, Fire and Building Code.
The Director of the Office of Licensing shall, before issuing a license, cause an inspection to be made of the place and/or location for which an application is made to determine whether or not it is kept and maintained in good order. Subsequent to the issuance of the license, the Director of the Office of Licensing shall cause periodic inspections to be made and may, if any such place and/or location is found not to be maintained in good order, revoke the license therefor.
The applicant for a license shall pay to the Comptroller, before the issuance thereof, a biannual license fee of $1,000. The applicant shall furnish a surety bond in the amount of $5,000. Each such license shall expire on the 31st day of December following the date of its issuance, unless sooner suspended or revoked by the Director of the Office of Licensing, and shall not be transferable from person to person nor from the place and/or location for which it was originally issued.
A secondhand motor vehicle dealer shall conform to all applicable requirements of the laws and regulations of the State of New York and this chapter as well as the Code of the City of Yonkers.