[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Camden
4-9-1987 by Ord. No. MC-2289 as Ch. 558 of the 1987 Code; amended
in its entirety 11-24-1982 by Ord. No. MC-1910. Subsequent amendments
noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Refers to any person, firm or corporation engaged in the
business of selling new motor vehicles, related new and factory-reconditioned
parts and accessories.
Refers to any person, firm or corporation, engaged in the
business of selling usable secondhand or used motor vehicles.
No person, firm or corporation licensed under this chapter shall engage in the business of selling, trading or storing salvaged or used parts or nonusable, abandoned or junk motor vehicles, except as provided in Chapter 467, Junkyards.
[Amended 12-10-2019 by Ord. No. MC-5232]
No license shall be issued under this chapter to any applicant
to carry on or conduct a business for the sale of new and/or secondhand
or used motor vehicles on any open lot which contains less than 5,000
square feet.
[Amended 12-8-1983 by Ord. No. MC-1994]
A.
Prior to the issuance of a license under this chapter, the applicant
shall make, enter into, execute and deliver a bond to the Division
of Inspections in the sum of $1,000, conditioned upon the faithful
obedience to the terms of this chapter, with corporate surety authorized
to do business within the State of New Jersey, said bond to be approved
as to form by the City Attorney.
B.
In addition to the other requirements of this chapter, the license applicant shall deposit with the Division of Inspections the sum of $200 in cash, to be held by the City for the purpose of defraying any cost of restoring curbs or pavements as more particularly provided in § 822-7 of this chapter.
Every open lot or place of business used by a licensee under
this chapter shall maintain on the premises where such business is
to be conducted, or in connection therewith or within a reasonable
distance thereof, a rest room with toilet accommodations in accordance
with the ordinances and regulations of the City applicable thereto.
[Amended 12-8-1983 by Ord. No. MC-1994]
Every open lot used and maintained by a licensee under this
chapter shall be illuminated from sundown to sunrise of each day with
electrical lights, which shall be installed and maintained in accordance
with the applicable provisions of the electrical standards of the
City,[1] other applicable ordinances of the City and the applicable
rules and regulations of the Division of Inspections, Bureau of the
Construction Code Official.
A.
No street entrance to any premises licensed hereunder shall be constructed
or maintained until the licensee has reset the adjoining curbing and
reconstructed the adjoining sidewalk in accordance with the Department
of Public Works. The licensee shall, upon abandonment of the business
on any open lot then conducted by him, forthwith replace the curbing
and sidewalk in conformance with and according to the rules and regulations
of said Department of Public Works.
B.
Upon issuance of a license under this chapter, the Division of Inspections
shall forthwith transmit the cash deposit sum required under this
chapter to the City Treasurer to be held in a special fund as to guarantee
that, in case said licensee abandons said business at said location,
any pavement or curbing disturbed by said licensee in the construction
of any entrance or entrances to said lot shall be restored as provided
in this section. In case of failure of any such licensee to do so
within 30 days after he shall abandon the use of such lot, the Division
of Inspections shall be authorized to use such fund, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, to restore any such pavement and curb to its
original condition. On the restoration of such curb or sidewalk, such
deposit, or the unexpended balance thereof, shall, without interest
thereon, be returned to the licensee depositing the same or his heirs
or assigns, on the abandonment of any such open lot for the conduct
of such business and upon such licensee having fully complied with
the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 12-8-1983 by Ord. No. MC-1994]
[Added 4-9-1987 by Ord. No. MC-2289]
It shall be unlawful for any person, as defined in § 485-1, to engage in the activity identified and regulated by this chapter, without first having obtained a license therefor and paid the fee required for such license, both as provided in Chapter 485, Licenses and Business Regulations. Any person engaging in such activity who shall fail to comply with any provision of this chapter or of Chapter 485 shall be in violation of the provisions of this chapter.
[Added 4-9-1987 by Ord. No. MC-2289]
A.
Unless otherwise provided for in any other section of this chapter,
any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon
conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or
by imprisonment for a time not exceeding 90 days, or both.
B.
A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each and every day
for each and every violation of this chapter.
C.
A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or
on which a violation or violations occur or continue.
