[Ord. 2012-332 (part);
Prior code § 20-15]
No person shall engage in the business of selling new or used
motorcycles, or both, without first having obtained a license therefor
as provided in this chapter.
[Ord. 2012-332 (part);
Prior code § 20-16]
Application for such license shall be made on a verified written
statement to the finance department and shall state:
A.
The name of the applicant and, if a corporation, the name of the
principal officers and the name of the person the corporation shall
designate as manager;
B.
The location where the business is to be conducted;
C.
The length of time the applicant has resided in the City, and, if
a corporation, the length of time the manager or person or persons
in charge have resided in the City;
D.
The type of shop the applicant maintains in connection with its principal
place of business and whether it is equipped to service and repair
the types and makes of motorcycles which the applicant proposes to
sell;
E.
The approval of required facilities by the state department of public
safety;
F.
Such other reasonable and pertinent information as the finance director
shall from time to time require.
[Ord. 2012-332 (part);
Prior code § 20-20]
No license shall be given to an applicant unless he has shop
facilities and equipment, in connection with his principal place of
business, to satisfactorily repair and service the makes and types
of motorcycles he proposes to sell and at all times has in charge
a competent mechanic.
[Ord. 2012-332 (part)]
A.
The minimum square feet for a new or used motorcycle lot, either
as a principal place of business or a sublot, shall be $5,000 square
feet. The principal place of business shall have one stall for shop
facilities for each 20 motorcycles allowed on all lots owned by the
licensee with a minimum of four stalls per motorcycle lot. The following
restrictions shall apply to the above-mentioned requirements:
1.
All the facilities required by this chapter must be owned, leased
or otherwise controlled by the licensee and be used for the sole purpose
of complying with this chapter.
2.
Borrowing of another's facilities in order to comply with the requirements
of this chapter is not allowed.
3.
Areas separated by a street or alley may be considered a single principal
lot or sublot only, if the areas are within 100 feet of each other.
4.
It is unlawful for any person to operate a motorcycle dealership
unless the surface of such motorcycle business lot has first been
covered with concrete to a depth of at least six inches or with plant-mixed
asphalt to a depth of at least two inches laid upon stone bracing
of not less than six inches in depth.
[Ord. 2012-332 (part);
Prior code § 20-27]
If the licensee intends to run or manage a new or used motorcycle
dealership in connection with a new or used motor vehicle dealership,
the requirements of this chapter shall be deemed requirements above
and beyond those required in the new or used motor vehicle ordinance,
codified in Chapter5.09.
