HomeMy WebLinkAbout276ORDII~ANOE NO. 276. ~
SEOTIO~ 1. DEfiNITIONS: (a) The term ~new
car ~ealer# when use~ herein shall be construe~ to ln-
clu~e every lndiviaual, partnershiP, corporation or
trust l~el~ing a new motor car agency or franchise sell-
ing new motor cars, who take use~ automobiles or other
use~ motor vehicles in exchange or in part payment for
new autemo~iles, or other motor vehicleS, but do not
purchase use~ automobllee, or other use~ motor vehicleS,
for cash er an equivalent medium of exchange.
(b) The term ~new car salesman" when use~
herein shall be construe~ to inclu~[e every person who
is employe~ by a new motor car ~ealer, ~uly llcense~
by the City of Banfor~, on either a salary or commission
basle, or both, who acts as agent for or in behalf of
~uoh new car sealer in conaucting, negotiating for, or
effecting purchases, sales or exchanges of new arxl use~
automobiles or other use~ vehicles.
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(c) The terme ~use~ car ~ealere an~ auee~t
car ·ales~ane shall be conet~ue~ to include every
person who may engage in or carrY on the business of
selling uee~ or secon& han~ car~ un,er a license
iseue~ by the OitY of Sanfor~, who are not embrace~
in the e~assification of a new motor car ~ealer aa
herein ~efine~.
(~) The term ePers°ns when uee~ herein shall
be cone~U~ to include any individual, association of
ln~ivi~uale, partnershiP, corporation, or trust, engage~
in or carrying on any of the businesses herein referre~
SEOTION 2. I~o person shall hereafter engage
in the ~ueiness or occupation of anew car &ealer,~
without first complying with the provisions of this
ordlnance, an~[ without first procuring a license there-
~or in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance No.
225, provi~e~ that new car salesmen employe~ by new car
~ealerS ~hall not be require~ to pay an occupational
license tax hereun~er-
SECTION 3. Every use~ car dealer shall pay
a license tax of Tl~ee Bun~eed Dollars ($200.00) per
SEC~XON 4. ~alesmen or representatives of
agencies for or ~ealerS in new and/or uee~ motor cars
representing agencies or ~ealers, not license~ to do
business in the Olty of ~nfor~, $~ll each pay
a~ual license t~ of One ~n~e~ ~llare ($100.00).
5EO~O~ 5. Before any license e~ll be lssue~
to ~Y applicant for a license ~ ~o business as a new
car ~ealer, such applicant shall ~rst satisfy ~e OitY
Olerk ~t t~ premises on w~ he inten~e ~ ~o busi-
ness a~ lmprove~ sufficiently ~ confo~ ~ t~ follo~
ing ~m~ sanitation an~ service eq~pment stan~r~e:
(a) ~_~itation ~tan~r~. ~re eh~l be
ins~l~ an~ ~intainea on'such pre.see at
least one (1) water closet an~ one (1)
encloee~ Ina suitabls shelter, conetructea
In accor~nce with the bull~ ~ ~e of the
Olty of ~nfora, an~ ~ving proper water
supply ~a sewer connections as proviaea In
t~ pl~bing coae of the Olty of 5anfor~,
t~ ~ll~ng to be uses for eal~ pur~ee
~ve installea ~erein sewage connections
for ~ainage ana sanitary p~posee,
sewage connections to be ~e as proviae~
the pl~bing co~e of ~e Oity of 5~for~.
(b) Service EQuipment ~tandard~. There
shall be maintained on such premises a build-
ing constructed ih accordance with the pro-
visions of the building code of the City of
5anford having equipment and floor space suf-
ficient to service and repair at least three
(5) motor vehicles at the same time, and also
additional space for the storage of at least
five (5) automobiles, and with proper sewage
connections for drainage and sanitary purposes.
~aid sewage connections to be made as provide&
in the plumbing code of ~he City of Sanfor&.
(c) Every new car dealer shall maintain
and keep open during reasonable business hours
a permanent place of business in the City of
Sanford, Florida, conforming to ~he minimum
~equirements as to sanitation and service equip-
ment as herein specified, and shall faithfully
comply and conform to and with all rules, regu-
lations and ordinances of the City of ~anfor&,
~lorlda, now existing or that may be hereafter
enacted with respect to the handling, storing
and selling of gasoline, oils and other highly
tmfl~mmable materials.
BECTION 6. It shall be the duty of each
new car dealer and used car dealer to furnish to the
Olty Clerk a list of all used oar salesmen employed
by him and to notify the City Clerk promptly of any
changes in his sales personnel.
BECTION 7. Every licensed new car dealer
and used car dealer shall keep a permanent book or
record in which he shall keep a record of the ac-
quisition, sale, exchange, or receipt for t~he pur-
pose of sale, of any second hand motor vehicle, a
description of each such vehicle which shall include
the motor number, serial number, title certificate
number and tag number, together with the name and
address of the seller, of the purchaser, and of the
alleged owner or other person from whom such vehicle
was acquired, or to whom it was sold and delivered,
as the case may be, and shall furnish a daily report
of such information to the Chief of Police of the
City of Sanford not later than 11:~0 o~clo~k on the
morning of the second day succeeding that on which
said v®hiclee are acquired or received, or sold or
delivered as the case may be. ~aid book or record
shall at all times be kept available and accessible
for inspection by the public. Any and all used cars
in the possession of such dealer shall be subject to
inspection at all times and if upon such inspection
any law enforcement officer shall have reasonable
cause ~o believe that any such vehicle so inspected is
mtolen property, it shall be his duty to segregate such
vehicle and it shall thereafter be unlawful for the per-
son in possession of such vehicle to remove or dispose
of same until after the lapse of ten days after the
date of such inspection, unless sooner authorized so
to do by the inspecting law enforcement officer.
SECTION 8. It shall be the duty of each new
car dealer and used car dealer to make diligent inquiry
and to carefully inspect each and every used automobile
or other used motor vehicle acquired or received by him
and displayed on his premises for the purpose of sale
or delivery to determine whether such vehicle has ever
been burned, or involved in a wreck necessitating frame
or body repair work as a consequence thereof, and to affix
to the windshield of each such motor vehicle so displayed
by him a conspicuous windshield sticker measuring not
less than · inches by 6 inc~es on the face of which shall
be stated in letters legible at a distance of ten feet
that such vehicle either has or has not been so burned
or wrecked, as the case may be.
SECTION 9. The violation of any of the pre-
visions of this ordinance shall be deemed and construed
to be a separate and distinct offense from day to day
subjecting the offender to separate prosecutions for
each and every day any of the provisions of this ordi-
~e may be violated.
SECTION 10. Any pereon violating any of the
prOViSions of This ordinance shall up&n conViCtion
of be p~she~ b~ a fl~ of not ~re than $200.00 or
~mpr~so~en~ for not more than s~xtY ~ys, or b~ both
such fine an~
5~C~OM 11. ~e or~n~ce le ~eeme~ ~ be
an emer~ene~ meaeure enacte~ un,er t~ police ~wer
for t~ p~tection an~ ~eneral ~elfa~'e of the citizens
of ~e Oi~ of ~nfor~, ~orl~a, an~ s~ll t~e effect
l~e~atelY upon ire a~option.
~OT~ON lB. All or~nances an~ parts of
ordnances in conflict with t~s ordnance, be
the e~e are hereby repeale~-
paeee~ an~ aaopte~ %~e ~ ~Y of ~
~_~--~{~s'ion Of the
City of ~anford, Florida.
lty lerk
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