Relevant market area
Sec. 151.5. "Relevant market area", for purposes of IC 9-23-3,
means the following:
(1) With respect to a:
(A) proposed new motor vehicle dealer in a county having a
population of more than one hundred thousand (100,000); or
(B) new motor vehicle dealer who plans to relocate the
dealer's place of business in a county having a population of
more than one hundred thousand (100,000);
the area within a radius of six (6) miles of the intended site of
the proposed or relocated dealer. The six (6) mile distance shall
be determined by measuring the distance between the nearest
surveyed boundary of the existing new motor vehicle dealer's
principal place of business and the nearest surveyed boundary
line of the proposed or relocated new motor vehicle dealer's
place of business.
(2) With respect to a:
(A) proposed new motor vehicle dealer in a county having a
population that is not more than one hundred thousand
(100,000); or
(B) new motor vehicle dealer who plans to relocate the
dealer's place of business in a county having a population
that is not more than one hundred thousand (100,000);
the area within a radius of ten (10) miles of the intended site of
the proposed or relocated dealer, or the county line, whichever
is closer to the intended site. The ten (10) mile distance shall be
determined by measuring the distance between the nearest
surveyed boundary line of the existing new motor vehicle
dealer's principal place of business and the nearest surveyed
boundary line of the proposed or relocated new motor vehicle
dealer's principal place of business.
As added by P.L.118-2001, SEC.1.
Last modified: May 27, 2006