(a) Prerequisites for license, bond fee and affidavit. Before receiving or acting upon an application for the granting of each license to a used car or automobile dealer, any applicant therefor must comply with the following requirements:
(1) Bond. Applicant shall file with the city clerk at the time of filing said application proof that applicant is licensed with the State of California and a copy of the bond filed with the Department of Motor Vehicles of the State of California pursuant to California Vehicle Code Section 11710.
(2) Affidavit. An affidavit shall be signed by the applicant, showing that said applicant is to conduct his business at a fixed place where used motor vehicles are and will be displayed for sale. Said application for a license must be signed by the applicant. If the applicant is a corporation, or a partnership, the same must be signed by duly authorized officers on behalf of the corporation, or by all members of the partnership, and the same must contain the addresses of all officers of the corporation or of all the partners.
(b) Investigation of business. Upon receipt of said application, the city clerk shall investigate, or have investigated, the character and business of applicant as specified in said application and, thereafter, may issue a license to applicant which shall be effective for the remaining portion of the current year.
(c) Record of sale. Every used car or automobile dealer shall keep a record of the purchases, consignments, sales and exchanges for each and every motor vehicle purchased, sold, consigned to be sold or exchanged by him, and said record at all times shall be open to the inspection of the chief of police or any police officer. Within forty-eight hours after the purchase or receipt of such vehicle, used car or automobile, dealers shall fill out and mail to the chief of police a full and complete report of such vehicles. For that purpose, said report shall be written on forms which are furnished by the chief of police and shall contain:
(1) The name and address of the person from whom the vehicle was purchased or received; and
(2) The make, state license number, serial number, style and seating capacity of any motor vehicle purchased or received.
(d) Record of repossession. Every person who shall repossess any motor vehicle sold, exchanged, or financed by him shall make out and file, either in person or by authorized agent, a full and complete report of the repossession of such vehicles with the chief of police, and within forty-eight hours after such repossession. For that purpose, written forms shall be obtained from and furnished by the chief of police.
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Grounds and procedure for revocation of license. In the event that any person holding a used car or automobile dealer license shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter, or any provisions of any other ordinance, or of any law relating to or regulating such used automobile business, or shall conduct or carry on such business in an unlawful manner, the city council shall have the power to suspend or revoke the license issued for conducting or carrying on such business. In the event any license issued shall be revoked, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, then no license shall be granted to that person to conduct or carry on such business within six months after the revocation. No license shall be revoked except in the manner provided for in sections 5.66 and 5.67 of the Code.(Ord. No. 802, § 41; Ord. No. 868, § 41; Ord. No. 871; Ord. No. 931, § 13; Ord. No. 968, § 2; Ord. No. 1035, § 10; Ord. No. 1055, § 6, Exh. B; Ord. No. 1150, Exh. A.)
