No person shall exercise, carry on or be engaged in the business
of secondhand automobile dealer or secondhand automobile parts dealer,
or store or expose for sale used or new motor vehicles, within the
Township, without first having obtained a license so to do in conformity
with the provisions of this chapter.
In the event of an application for a license under this chapter by a person maintaining and conducting a bona fide agency or subagency for any automobile manufacturer, when the applicant has been an established dealer or agent within the Township for a period of five or more years, the Township Council may waive the notice provisions of §
119-3 if it determines that no valid public purpose would be served by the notices required by that section.
Every person who shall apply for the granting or renewal of a license to conduct the business of secondhand automobile dealer and secondhand automobile parts dealer and to store or expose for sale any used or new motor vehicles shall, if he maintains and conducts a bona fide agency or subagency for any automobile manufacturer, pay to the Clerk the sum set forth in Chapter
215, Fees, of the Township Code; and every person who shall apply for the granting or renewal of any license shall, if any such person shall not maintain and conduct a bona fide agency or subagency for any automobile manufacturer, pay to the Clerk the sum set forth in Chapter
215, Fees, of the Township Code.
Any person licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall,
at all times during the term of the license, allow the Chief of Police
or any member of the Police Division of the Township to enter the
premises where the licensee is carrying on his business, for the purpose
of inspecting the premises and inspecting the automobiles or automobile
parts or license plates for the purpose of locating goods suspected
of being or alleged to have been stolen or otherwise improperly disposed
of.
No person licensed under the terms of this chapter shall keep
his office or place of business open for the transaction of business
on any day of the week before 7:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m.
Whenever the Chief of Police of the Township shall notify any
licensee under this chapter not to sell or permit to be removed any
automobile or automobile part purchased, the automobile or automobile
part shall not be permitted to be removed, nor shall the automobile
or automobile part be sold, until such time as may be determined by
the Township Police Division, provided that such time shall in no
case exceed the period of six months from the date of such notification.
Wherever two or more motor vehicles are stored on any such vacant
lot or land for sale, whether adjacent to a duly established garage,
service station or any other motor vehicle business or not, a license
shall be required, and a separate license shall be required for each
separate lot or parcel of ground upon which the business is conducted;
provided, however, that, where several lots are contiguous to each
other and the business is conducted on all of the lots, only one license
shall be necessary.
No licensee under this chapter, or his agent, shall knowingly
buy, sell, receive, dispose or conceal or have in his possession any
motor vehicle from which the manufacturer's serial number or
any other number or identification mark has been removed, defaced,
altered, covered or destroyed for the purpose of concealing the identity
of such vehicle.
No motor vehicle shall be placed by a licensee under this chapter
on the sidewalk or any part thereof, nor shall the licensee use the
street or any part thereof for the storage, display or sale of motor
vehicles.
If the applicant for a license under this chapter is not the
owner of the site where the business is to be conducted, the owner's
consent to the conduct of the business shall be endorsed on the application.
No licensee under this chapter shall purchase from or sell any
automobile or automobile parts to any minors.