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Mayor Wants to Limit Used Vehicle Stores
Photo by Jeffrey Bellant HITTING THE BRAKES: This used-car dealer in Warren, Mich., faces too much competition according to the city’s mayor. Jim Fouts is clashing with his city council over a cap on the number of used-car stores. By Ed Fitzgerald
Jim Fouts is seemingly on a oneman mission to end the spread of used-car dealerships in Warren, a suburb just north of Detroit. Fouts is the mayor of Warren,
Michigan’s third-largest city. He has moved to limit used-car stores in the past and did so again recently by vetoing a special land-use permit for a new store near the city’s border with Detroit. “My concern is that approval of
any more used car lots will result in Warren being called ‘Used Car Lot City,’” Fouts said. Citing the number of variances needed in proposed expansions at two existing stores, Fouts earlier this year sought to “freeze” the
number of lots in the city. “The excessive number of variances on these projects is … the reason I directed the Building Inspection Division and the Planning Department to freeze any more reContinued on page 11
Regulator Says State Lax on Overseeing Multi-Dealer Locations By Ted Craig
regulations were “frustrated, delayed or derailed by questionable or inappropriate intervention.” Dealer license applications were ordered approved over staff objections and enforcement Continued on page 11
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Regulations governing the licensing and oversight of used-car dealers in New Jersey were selectively manipulated and weakened, according to a recent report.
The State Commission of Investigation found that strong, and sometimes undisclosed, lobbying pressure led to favored treatment from Motor Vehicle Commission officials. MVC personnel said in sworn testimony that their efforts to scrutinize dealers and enforce
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