0960-01-.21
Motor Vehicle Or Recreational Vehicle Dealer Facilities
Cite as Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0960-01-.21
(1)
The facility must be physically separate and apart from any other businesses and shall not
include any residence, tent or temporary stand. The facility may be connected to another
business facility provided there is a permanent wall from floor to ceiling between the two
businesses and the motor vehicle or recreational vehicle facility has a separate outside
entrance and exit. Any doors conjoining the businesses shall be secured and locked from the
interior in a nature that is satisfactory to the Commission. Doors conjoining the businesses
shall only be utilized by employees of the businesses and shall not be accessible to or
utilized by members of the public.
(2)
The facility shall contain adequate office space (a minimum of 288 square feet) for
processing sales and purchases of motor vehicles or recreational vehicles. The facility shall
also contain restroom accommodations.
(3)
The facility shall have a primary telephone number listed in the local directory under the
name of the dealership. The primary phone number of the dealership shall be posted either
on the door to the dealership, in a window of the dealership or on the dealership’s sign.
(4)
The facility shall have immediate and contiguous access to and exclusive dedicated use of a
motor vehicle or recreational vehicle storage or display lot capable of accommodating fifteen
(15) motor vehicle or recreational vehicles of the dealership’s product line. A lot shall consist
of compacted gravel, chert, stone or similar materials and shall not include public lands,
unimproved land or residential driveways. The facility shall also contain a minimum of three
(3) parking spots dedicated for customer parking.
(5)
The facility shall be used exclusively for buying, selling, renting, displaying, advertising,
demonstrating, servicing or repairing motor vehicles or recreational vehicles or selling
functional or nonfunctional parts, including accessories, safety equipment and vehicle
branded clothing.
(6)
A dealer must submit a new application and notify the Commission, in writing, within thirty
(30) days of the date of anticipated change of location of their facility.