Used Automobile Display Lots
- Term: 2 Years
- Fee: $100
- Required Documentation- State Business License
- Official Identification-Must be over 18 years of age or older
- Download Application
10.20.043. Used automobile display lots.
A. License required. No person may engage in the business of operating a used automobile display lot within the municipality without first obtaining a license from the municipal clerk. A specific location for the lot shall be designated on the license. A separate license must be obtained for each lot within the municipality, even if owned by the same person.
B. Qualifications. The owner, operator, salesperson, or any person employed by a used automobile display lot shall:
1. Be 18 years of age or older; and
2. Not have been convicted of a crime involving larceny, theft, receiving and concealing stolen property, dealing with illegally obtained property or involving misrepresentation or fraud within five years prior to the date of application or employment.
C. Prohibited purchases. A licensee may not purchase or receive property:
1. From a person under the age of 18 years or from a person 18 years of age or older who has purchased or received the article from a person under 18 years of age for the purpose of selling it;
2. From a person who is or appears to be under the influence of drugs or intoxicating beverages; or
3. From a person who cannot provide proof of ownership of the property or if the licensee has knowledge of facts that would create a belief in a reasonable person that the property may have been stolen, embezzled or otherwise illegally obtained.
D. Record of transactions. The Anchorage Police Department may request the licensee to maintain a daily record containing the names and addresses of all persons with whom the licensee transacts business and a complete and accurate description of the items purchased, sold, or submitted on consignment. If requested by the Anchorage Police Department, a weekly report of the recorded information shall be submitted to the chief of police. Any records required to be maintained by this subsection shall be open to inspection by the municipal clerk or the chief of police as permitted underSection 10.10.050.
E. Definitions.
1. Automobile means a truck, car, van, or sport utility vehicle.
2. Used automobile display lot means any business which has at least ten used automobiles on the premises which it has bought or takes on consignment for sale to the public.
(AO No. 2000-112, § 2, 7-25-00)
Editor's note: It should be noted thatSection 10.20.043is effective beginning Oct. 2, 2000.