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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 11.12.01.03" title_num="11" subtitle_num="12" chapter_num="01" heading="Location Requirements.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Administration reserves the right to inspect each location before approval of application for dealer registration and at any time during licensure period.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Following approval of the application, the location shall be maintained in accordance with the applicable provisions of Transportation Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, and the regulations promulgated by the Administration.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Only one license for the type of vehicle being offered for sale will be permitted at any one location, and once the location has been licensed, it may not be subdivided for the purpose of establishing other businesses, under separate licenses for the same type of vehicle being offered for sale, without the prior approval of the Administration. This prohibition also applies to a licensee doing business under more than one corporate structure.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The dealership shall face, adjoin, and be fully visible from an improved street or highway that is accessible to the public and that is identifiable by name or postal number. The street or highway shall be used by the public for vehicular travel.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The location shall be of a size to adequately and safely permit the display of a minimum of ten vehicles and space for customer parking.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>The location shall meet local zoning regulations.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>The location shall be fully lighted.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>The display and customer parking areas shall be adequately surfaced with an appropriate covering, subject to approval by the Administration.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="I.">
    <text>The additional locations shall be inspected and approved by the Administration.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="J.">
    <text>Additional locations shall meet the minimum standards set forth in applicable provisions of the Transportation Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, and the regulations promulgated by the Administration.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="K.">
    <text>Additional locations may use registration plates issued to the primary location provided the trade name and ownership are identical to that of the primary location.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="L.">
    <text>Locations shall have posted business hours.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="M.">
    <text>Signs.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Appropriate dealership signs shall be permanently affixed.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The signs shall be of a size as to make them reasonably legible from the street or highway.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The signs shall clearly identify the business conducted at the dealership and shall adequately direct the customers to the dealership office.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>As to wholesale dealers, a sign is not required. However, if a sign is displayed, it:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Shall be permanently displayed at the dealership entrance;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>May not use any state emblem; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>May not contain any language which implies the dealership will sell to or exchange vehicles with a retail buyer.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="N.">
    <text>Wholesale dealers shall operate in a fixed location and the space used shall be:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Owned or leased by the wholesale dealer; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Regularly occupied and exclusively used by the wholesale dealer for dealership purposes.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>