Section 0960-05-.06 - AUTOMOTIVE MOBILITY DEALER FACILITIESThe following minimum requirements apply to all automotive mobility dealer facilities:
(1) The facility must be physically separate and apart from any other businesses and shall not include any private residence, tent or temporary stand. The facility may be connected to another business facility provide there is a permanent wall from floor to ceiling between the two businesses and the motor vehicle facility has a separate outside entrance and exit. Any doors between the businesses shall be permanently sealed.(2) The facility shall contain adequate office space (a minimum of 288 square feet) for processing sales and purchases of adapted 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. Mobile and/or cellular telephones are not acceptable as the primary business telephone. 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 an adapted vehicle storage or display lot capable of accommodating fifteen (15) adapted 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.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0960-05-.06
Emergency rule filed March 24, 2011; effective September 24, 2011. Original rule filed June 22, 2011; effective September 20, 2011.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 55-17-107, 55-17-114 and 55-17-302.