[Adopted 2-13-1986 by Ord. No. 553 (Ch. 13, Part 9, of the 1985 Code of Ordinances)]
[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.