As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any open-air plot of ground, lot or land within the City
where secondhand motor vehicles are exhibited or are stored, parked,
kept or located for sale or exchange.
No person shall manage, conduct, operate or
carry on the business of an open-air parking station for the sale
or exchange of motor vehicles without first having obtained a license
therefor.
The application for a license for the business
of managing, conducting or carrying on an open-air parking station
for the sale or exchange of motor vehicles shall be made to the City
Clerk and shall accurately specify the location of the open-air parking
station, the portion of the lot to be used and the number of square
feet of area occupied thereby. The application shall be accompanied
by a map or sketch showing the exact location of the proposed parking
station and the area proposed to be used.
A.
The annual license fee for an open-air parking station for the sale or exchange of motor vehicles shall be as provided in Chapter 170, Licenses and Fees.
B.
If at the time of the application for a license under
the provisions of this article less than six months of the license
year have expired, the applicant shall be required to pay the full
fee for the year; if six months shall have expired, the applicant
shall be required to pay 1/2 of the fee for the year.
The licenses issued under this article are transferable
or assignable with the consent of the City Council. The business or
occupation shall be conducted only at the place therein specified.
[Amended 5-27-1986 by Ord. No. 25-1986]
Within 10 days after any license is granted
under this article, the area included in the license shall be enclosed
by a fireproof fence, which fence shall be not less than 18 inches
in height and shall be of sturdy permanent construction conforming
to the requirements of the Building Code of the City.[1] There shall be no openings for entrance or exit in such
fence along the street line, except where the street curb has been
lowered in accordance with the rules of the Director of Public Works
office or, where the licensed premises front on a county road, then
from the County Engineer's office, and such opening shall not exceed
in number or width the portions of the curb so lowered, provided that,
where the street curb has not been lowered, an entrance to the licensed
premises through such fence, not exceeding four feet in width, shall
be permitted. All such fences shall be at all times maintained and
kept in proper repair during the period covered by the license. No
fence shall be required where a building wall, other than a residence
building wall, marks the boundary of the area licensed.
A.
Any open-air parking station for the sale or exchange
of motor vehicles shall, after 10:00 p.m. and until sunrise of the
following day, be lighted so as to provide 0.2 lumens per square foot
throughout the licensed area.
B.
Lights shall at all times be covered with a standard
globe and shall be shaded in such a manner that no disturbing glare
is visible to occupants of adjacent properties or to motorists using
the public streets.
C.
No light used on the licensed premises shall be of
a type known as a swinging light.
No person shall conduct, operate or carry on
the business of an open-air parking station for the sale or exchange
of motor vehicles between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of
the following day.
No motor vehicle shall be exhibited, stored,
parked or located for sale or exchange under the license issued under
this article within 10 feet of any building occupied as a residence.
No vehicle parked on any open-air parking station
for the sale of motor vehicles shall be permitted to extend nearer
than one foot from the street line.
No motor vehicle or other object shall be exhibited,
stored, parked, kept or located under the license issued under this
article on any street, sidewalk or part thereof.
The provisions of this article shall not apply
to any lot or plot of land occupied by a public garage building, wherein
the business of public automobile repair or storage is maintained
or conducted, but this shall not be construed to exempt any lot or
plot of land adjacent to any such garage building from the provisions
of this article.
It shall be the duty of the Chief Building Inspector
or his representative to supervise the operation of all open-air parking
stations for the sale or exchange of motor vehicles and to prosecute
all violations thereof in the Municipal Court.
