46.2-1993.8 - Dealers required to have established place of business.

§ 46.2-1993.8. Dealers required to have established place of business.

No license shall be issued to any motorcycle dealer unless he has anestablished place of business, owned or leased by him, where a substantialportion of the sales activity of the business is routinely conducted andwhich:

1. Satisfies all local zoning regulations;

2. Has sales, service, and office space devoted exclusively to the dealershipof at least 250 square feet in a permanent, enclosed building not used as aresidence;

3. Houses all records the dealer is required to maintain by § 46.2-1993.22;

4. Is equipped with a desk, chairs, filing space, a working telephone listedin the name of the dealership, and working utilities including electricityand provisions for space heating;

5. Displays a sign and business hours as required by this chapter; and

6. Has contiguous space designated for the exclusive use of the dealeradequate to permit the display of at least ten motorcycles.

Any person licensed as a dealer by the Department under any provision of thissubtitle on June 30, 1996, shall be considered in compliance withsubdivisions 2 and 6 of this section for that licensee.

(1996, cc. 1043, 1052.)