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It shall be unlawful for any automobile dealer ~o sell an automobile
<br />from any place other than a fixed and established olace of business, for which a
<br />permit has been granted .to conduct the business of~ selling automobiles.
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<br /> SECTION lO~ In the event t~at any person, firm or corporation holding
<br />a permit as an automobile dealer, as herein defined, shall violate, or cause, or
<br />permit to be violated, any of the orovisions of this ordinance, or any provisions
<br />of any other ordinance, or of any Law relating to or regulating such automobile
<br />business, or shall conduct or carry on such business in an unlawful manner, or
<br />shall cause or permit such business so to be conducted or carried on, it shall be
<br />the duty of the City Council~to~, and the said City Council may, in addition to ~
<br />the other penalties provided by this ordinance, suspend or revoke the permit
<br />issued for conducting or carrying on such business. In the event any person,
<br />firm or corporation is issued a ~permit under the provisions of this ordinance and
<br />the same shall be revoked by said City Council, no permit shall be granted to sucl
<br />person, firm or corporation to conduct or carr~ on such business· within six (83
<br />months after such re~ocation. No permit shall be revoked until a hearing shall
<br />have been had by the City Council relating to S~c~ revocation, notice of which
<br />hearing shall be given in writing to the permittee~and served at least five (6)
<br />days prior to the date of the hearing thereon, such service to be upon the
<br />holder of such permit, or his manager or agent, ~hich notice shall state the
<br />ground of complaint against the holder of such permit, or against the business
<br />carried on by ~im, or it, and also shall state the time when, and the place where
<br />such hearing will be had. Said notice shall be servedupon the holder of such
<br />permit by delivering same to such person, his m~nager or agent, or to ~ny person
<br />in charge of, or employed in the place of business of such holder, or, if such
<br />person has no olace of business, then at his place of residence, or by leaving
<br />such notice at-the place of business, or residence of such person, with some
<br />person of suitable age and discretion. In the event the holder of such permit
<br />cannot be found, and the service of such notice cannot be made upon him, in the
<br />manner herein provided, then a copy of such notice shall be mailed, postage fully
<br />prepaid, addressed to such holder, or such permittee, at his place of business,
<br />or residence, at least five (6) days prior to the date of such hearing.
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<br /> SECTION ll.: It shall be unlawful for any automobile dealer or any othez
<br />person, fir~ or corporation to advertise or represent in any manner whatsoever,
<br />either in v~iting or by oral statement, that ~ny automobile offered for sale,
<br />trade or exchange is a ne~ automobile or motor vehicle, if said automobile or
<br />motor vehicle has been operated, driven, towed~or caused to travel upon its ov~
<br />wheels for a distance of 100 miles or more, and it shall be unlawful to offer for
<br />sale, display, exhibit, demonstrate or place or cause to be placed on displzy or
<br />floored in any place where automobiles are sold, any automobile of the then curre~
<br />year manufacture or model, ~ich has been operated, driven, to~ed or caused to
<br />travel upon its ov~ wheels for a distance in excess of 100 miles, unless there is
<br />at all times conspicuously displayed in the lo,er r~ghthand corner of th~ wind-
<br />shield of said vehicle in letters of not less than two inches in height a sign
<br />bearing the words "used car".
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<br /> It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to execute,
<br />make or prepare any contract or agreement for the s~le of any automobile of the
<br />then current year manufacture or model, covering an automobile which has been
<br />operated as hereinabove provided for a distance of more t~n 100 miles, unless
<br />said contract contains immediately above the place for the signature of the
<br />buyer of such automobile the words "this contract covers and relates to a used
<br />motor vehicle" in letters at least as large as the largest letter~ appearing
<br />elsewhere upon said contract.
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<br /> SECTION 1E: It shall be unlawful for any automobile dealer to advertis~
<br />in any newspaper, or through any other medium, that he has for ~ale any automobil~
<br />which automobile is not actually for sale at the premises at the time the
<br />advertisement is inserted in the ~ewspaper or medium, and it shall be unlawful
<br />for any person not to discontinue the advertisement of any automobile within thre~
<br />($) day~ after the selling of the s~e. The records and books of all automobile
<br />dealers shall be open to the authorized representatives of the City of Santa Aha
<br />to determine whether or not any auto~obile dealer has unlawfully advertised for
<br />sale cars which are not actually for sale at his premises at the time the
<br />advertisement of such vehicle is inserted in the newspaper or medium. Within
<br />seventy-two (?~) hours after any automobile that has been advertised for sale
<br />has been sold, it s~l~ be mandatory for the automobile dealer to withdraw any
<br />advertisement relative to such automobile from any newspaper or any other medium
<br />in which he might have been advertising the sale of such automobile prior to
<br />actual sale.
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<br /> SECTION 15~: It shall be unlawful for any automobile dealer to sell any
<br />automobile or motor vehicle from any place other than a fixe~ and established
<br />place of business, for ~hich a license has been granted to him, or them, by the
<br />City Clerk, to conduct the business of selling automobiles or motor vehicles,
<br />except~ that nothing in this section shall prevent an automobile dealer, or his
<br />authorized agent or representative from offering for sale at wholesale, used
<br />automobiles to other automobile dealers at their respective places of business.
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<br /> Every automobile dealer, per~on, firm or corporation, who, or ~hich,
<br />engages in, conducts, manages, or carries on the business of automobile dealer
<br />within the City of Santa Ana, who or which, does not first receive therefor a
<br />permit, as herein provided, and who, or which does not have a fixed and determine~
<br />place of business for the conduct of such business e~ automobile dealer, at which
<br />~lace of business he, or it, displays the vehicles offered for sale, or who
<br />violates any other provision of this ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a
<br />misdemeanor, and uoon conviction thereof shall be ounish~ble by a fine of not
<br />less than Fifty ($~0.O0) Dollars, nor more than ~ee Hundred ($~00.00) Dollars
<br />or by imprisonment for a period of not less than ten (10) days nor more than ~0
<br />days or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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