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803. USED CAR SALES 803.010. LICENSE. No person shall engage in the business of selling, buying, trading or dealing in used automobiles or motor vehicles of any kind within the City without first procuring a license to engage in such business as hereinafter provided. This license requirement shall apply from and after the date of the passage of this Ordinance and every person engaged in such business at this time must obtain a license hereunder in order to continue the operation of such business. 803.020. APPLICATION, FEE AND LICENSE PERIOD. Application for used car dealers licenses shall be made to the City on a form to be furnished by the City. The fee for such license shall be determined by City Council resolution with the license period commencing July 1 of each year. The license shall be for a term of one year, except that the City Council shall have the authority to issue a license for a period shorter than one year to guarantee compliance with all conditions of the license and with all conditions of the zoning regulations. The license fee for any part of a year shall be the same as for a full year. All applications to engage in a used car business must be submitted by the Administrator to the City Council at its next regular meeting before such license may be issued. 803.030. OPERATION LOCATION. The applicant shall specify in what location he desires to operate. He shall include in the application both the street address and the legal description of the property. The license when issued, shall be limited to the area described. No license shall be issued unless the property upon which the business is to be conducted is zoned Commercial. The Council may in its discretion permit the use of a used car license on property located in a light industrial zone. The Council in arranging for the approval of the application, shall set up such restrictions as to manner of operation, location of vehicles, limitation of number of vehicles, protection, fencing or screening of the grounds devoted to the use and any other provisions or requirements that may be deemed advisable by the Council in order to preserve the best appearance and to prevent complaints from neighboring property owners. 803.040. RESPONSIBILITY OF OPERATION. Any licensee hereunder shall be held responsible for nuisances emanating from his operating and he shall not permit debris, wreckage, automobile parts, dismantled motor vehicles, or any other kinds of waste or debris from his business to be deposited on any public or private property or on his own property. Licensee shall provide parking area within the confines of his private property to accommodate the motor vehicles of customers so that parking in the area of his place of business will not constitute a traffic hazard or a neighborhood nuisance. 803.050. NOTICE OF REVOCATION. The Council may upon ten (10) days written notice, require the licensee to show cause as to why his license should not be revoked if he fails to live up to the provisions of this Chapter or to any special provisions required by the Council at the time of the issuance of the license. Upon failure to show cause the licensee's rights may be terminated by the Council. (Source: Ord. 45, Amended: Ord. 375, 513, 571) 803 -1