Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Division of Motor Vehicles  


  • Notice of Publication for a New Point

    Franchise Motor Vehicle Dealer in a County of Less

    than 300,000 Population

    Pursuant to Section 320.642, Florida Statutes, notice is given that General Motors Corporation intends to allow the relocation of Phillips Buick-Pontiac - GMC Truck, Inc., as a dealership for the sale of Buick, Pontiac, and GMC Light Duty Truck motor vehicles from its present location at 3320 Highway 441/27, Fruitland Park (Lake County), Florida 34731, to a proposed location at US Highway 27/441 at the intersection of Grays Airport Road, Fruitland Park (Lake County), Florida 34731, on or after October 1, 2006.

    The name and address of the dealer operator(s) and principal investor(s) of Phillips Buick-Pontiac-GMC Truck, Inc. are: dealer operator(s): Larry M. Phillips, 3320 US Highway 441/27, Fruitland Park, Florida 34731; principal investor(s): Larry M. Phillips, 3320 US Highway 441/27, Fruitland Park, Florida 34731, and Mary Grace Smalt, 3320 U.S. Highway, 441/27, Fruitland Park, Florida 34731.

    The notice indicates an intent to relocate the franchise in a county of less than 300,000 population, according to the latest population estimates of the University of Florida, Bureau of Economic and Business Research.

    Certain dealerships of the same line-make may have standing, pursuant to Section 320.642, Florida Statutes, as amended by Chapter 88-395, Laws of Florida, to file a petition or complaint protesting the application.

    Written petitions or complaints must be received by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles within 30 days of the date of publication of this notice and must be submitted to: Mr. Ronald D. Reynolds, Administrator, Dealer License Section, Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Room A-312, Neil Kirkman Building, 2900 Apalachee Parkway, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0635.

    A copy of such petition or complaint must also be sent by U.S. Mail to: Scott Malatesta, Zone Manager, General Motors Corporation, Mail Code 482-A07-C66, 100 GM Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan 48265-1000.

    If no petitions or complaints are received within 30 days of the date of publication, a final order will be issued by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles approving the relocation of the dealership, subject to the applicant's compliance with the provisions of Chapter 320, Florida Statutes.

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