§ 9-93. Used car dealers.

(a)

License required. Any used motor vehicle dealer or used car dealer, as such terms are defined in O.C.G.A. § 43-47-2, who does business within the City shall be required to obtain a license from the City Clerk in the manner specified in this chapter.

(b)

Fee established. The annual business license fee for each used car or used motor vehicle dealer doing business in the City shall be as set by the City Council.

(c)

Review of application. No action on any application for a license under this section shall be taken by the City Council until the Chief of Police has reviewed such application and forwarded his recommendation thereon to the City Clerk in the manner specified in this chapter.

(d)

Restriction on issuance. No license under this section shall be issued to any applicant who has not been licensed by the State Board of Registration of Used Motor Vehicle Dealers and Used Motor Vehicle Parts Dealers.

(e)

Records. Each used car or used motor vehicle dealer licensed hereunder shall keep a record of all motor vehicles offered for sale, exchange, or disposal to the public, which record shall show the make of said motor vehicle, the year of its manufacture, its serial number, and its engine number, and which record shall always be kept available for the Chief of Police or any Police Officer within the City and open to his inspection at any time. It shall be the further duty of every such person to immediately report to the Chief of Police the presence in his place of business of any motor vehicle on which the serial or engine number has been defaced or altered.

(f)

Inspections. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to make inspections from time to time for the purpose of seeing that the records required herein are being kept.

(g)

Exceptions. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to apply to any individual making an isolated sale of his own vehicle.

(Code 1978, § 9-78)