[Amended 5-8-1986 by Ord. No. 556]
A. All persons, partnerships, corporations and other entities operating
a motor-vehicle-related business shall obtain a license and pay a
yearly license fee of $100. The license shall cover a period from
January 1 through December 31 of the applicable year.
B. The license shall be obtained from the yearly fee paid to the Secretary
of the Borough of Trainer on or before January 1 of each year.
C. In any case where a motor-vehicle-related business operator shall
establish the business on or after the first day of July in any year,
the license fee payable for the remaining balance of the year shall
be 1/2 the yearly rate.
D. A separate license shall be required for each business location.
The license and fee requirements imposed by this article are
in addition to any license and fee requirements imposed by any other
article or chapter, section or subsection of the Code of the Borough
of Trainer.
"Motor-vehicle-related business" shall mean any business in
any way related to motor vehicles, except for junk dealers and motor
vehicle sales businesses. Motor-vehicle-related businesses shall include
but shall not be limited to the following types of businesses: motor
vehicle part sales, motor vehicle rentals and leasing, motor vehicle
washing and cosmetic work, motor vehicle repairs, motor vehicle full
sales, motor vehicle parts manufacturing or remanufacturing, towing
services, and storage of motor vehicles (unless covered by the license
fee imposed for motor vehicles collected and stored for sale).
[Amended 4-9-1998 by Ord. No. 617]
All motor-vehicle-related business operations shall be subject
to the following regulations:
A. The business operators shall maintain a book of receipts for all
motor vehicle parts and supplies in current inventory.
B. The motor-vehicle-related business operator shall maintain vehicle
titles on the premises for all vehicles used in connection with the
operation of the business.
C. Any and all motor vehicles used in the operation of the business,
or otherwise present on the property of the motor-vehicle-related
business operator, shall be parked and/or stored in such a manner
so as to provide a minimum of 24 inches of clear space between all
vehicles (sides, fronts and backs) and between all vehicles and buildings
and other objects of any kind or nature.
D. No motor vehicle routinely parked on the subject property or stored
on the subject property shall have any oil, gasoline or other liquid
substance leaking from the vehicle.
E. All motor vehicles stored upon the property shall have all wheels
and tires operational and in the same number as when the vehicle was
originally designed and manufactured, whether or not the vehicle has
an operational motor.
F. All vehicles parked or stored upon the premises shall have all window
glass designed for the vehicle, and all such vehicles shall be locked
at all nonbusiness hours and otherwise maintained in such a condition
as to be inaccessible to children and vandals.
G. All motor-vehicle-related business operators, unless the operator
has a junk, salvage and recyclers' license, shall not have any
motor vehicle parts stored in the open. All parts storage shall be
within an enclosed building.
H. No motor vehicles which are wrecked beyond repair or wrecked beyond
the fair market value of the vehicle if repaired shall be stored upon
the property of any motor vehicle business operator for more than
seven days unless stored in an enclosed building, in which case the
vehicle shall not be stored for more than 45 days.
I. No motor vehicle which is in a wrecked condition shall be stored
in the open while awaiting repair for more than 20 days. Any such
motor vehicle may be stored in an enclosed building for a maximum
of 60 days.
J. The motor-vehicle-related business operator shall, at all times,
maintain a record of the name, address and telephone number of all
vehicle owners for whom the business operator has vehicles in storage,
awaiting repair, or parked for more then 48 hours upon the business
operator's property.
[Added 4-9-1998 by Ord. No. 617]
All persons, partnerships, corporations and other entities which
violate any provisions of this article, as amended hereby, shall be
subject to a fine upon being found guilty of such violation, the minimum
of which shall be $35 and the maximum of which shall be $1,000, and/or
imprisonment not exceeding 90 days.