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Editor’s Note: This ordinance also amended the title
of this article, which was formerly Secondhand Auto Dealers.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Has the same definition as noted in the New York State Vehicle
and Traffic Law.
Includes any person, corporation, partnership, association,
firm, or institution dealing in the selling for sale or purchase of
a secondhand motor vehicle.
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.
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.
A violation of this article shall constitute a Class II offense.
