[ 12-11-73]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
USED CAR SALES LOT
A lot or tract of land upon which is located two or more
used automobiles which are for sale to the general public.
No person, persons, firm, partnership or corporation shall maintain
a used car sales lot in the Township of Montague, Sussex County, New
Jersey, without first obtaining a license from the Township of Montague
as herein provided. The Township Committee of said township shall
be the licensing authority to grant said licenses.
[Amended 9-14-76 by Ord.
No. 76-15; 8-9-88 by Ord. No. 88-15]
The license fee shall be $350 per annum, and a certified check
for said fee shall accompany the license application. The date of
renewal for said license shall be May 1 of each year.
The applicant for a license shall publish a notice of intention
to apply for said license in a newspaper which has a general circulation
in the Township of Montague. Said notice shall be published at least
once, and said notice shall be published at least five days before
the Township Committee meeting when the application is initially offered.
Proof of publication must be submitted to the Township Clerk before
or at said meeting.
A notice of intention to apply for a license hereunder shall
be given to all landowners within 500 feet of the premises to be licensed.
Said notice must be given at least five days before the Township Committee
meeting when the application is initially offered. Proof of said notice
must be submitted to the Township Clerk before or at said meeting.
All applicable regulations of the New Jersey Department of Motor
Vehicles pertaining to the operation of used car lots must be strictly
adhered to.
All automobiles in a used car lot shall be arranged and displayed
in rows and have roadways between each double row of cars at a width
of at least 20 feet to permit the movement of fire-fighting equipment.
There shall also be lanes of a like width around the outside perimeter
of the licensed premises. There need be no lane on the road side so
long as there are no cars parked within the right-of-way line of the
road upon which the lot faces. Said right-of-way widths shall be presumed
to be as set forth on the Montague Township Tax Map.
All used car sales lots shall be maintained in a clean, sanitary
and orderly condition at all times.
The license for a used car sales lot shall be conspicuously
displayed at all times.
[Amended 6-28-16 by Ord. No. 2016-05]
The Building Inspector and/or Code Enforcement Officer of Montague
Township are hereby designated the enforcing authority for this chapter
and they are to have the authority to go upon the licensed premises
at any time during the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through
Saturday of any week for inspection of the licensed premises.
[Amended 9-14-76 by Ord.
No. 76-15]
A violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be
grounds for a revocation, after notice of hearing, of the license
by the Township Committee.
The penalty and revocation provisions of this chapter shall
not be deemed the sole remedy for violations of this chapter, and
there is specifically granted the additional remedy of injunction
if the facts of the case permit same according to the laws of the
State of New Jersey.
[Amended 9-14-76 by Ord.
No. 76-15]
Any person, persons, firm, partnership or corporation who shall
violate any provision of this chapter or participate or assist in
such violation shall, upon conviction before a court of jurisdiction,
be subject to a fine not to exceed $500 or imprisonment in the county
jail for a period not to exceed 90 days, or both.