If you grant me the right to relocate my Card My Yard business, what procedures must I comply with?
Card_My_Yard Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
If we grant you the right to relocate the Card My Yard business, you must comply with such reasonable site selection and construction procedures as we may require.
You have been granted the right to operate a Card My Yard business at the Franchise Location listed in Exhibit C to this Agreement.
You must not relocate the Card My Yard business without our express prior written consent, except that our consent will not be required if your Franchise Location is your home and you move to a new residence within your Protected Area.
If you are unable to continue the operation of the Card My Yard business at the Franchise Location because of the occurrence of an event of Force Majeure or for other reasons not constituting an event of default under this Agreement, you may request our consent to relocate the Card My Yard business to another location in the Protected Area.
Such request must be submitted to us as soon as possible (but in no event longer than 10 days) after the date you discover you will be unable to continue the operation of the Card My Yard business at the Franchise Location.
- (2) If you wish to operate your Card My Yard Business from a location that is not your primary residence, then before acquiring a site for the Card My Yard business, you must submit to us, in the form specified by us, a description of the site, evidence satisfactory to us demonstrating that the site satisfies our site selection guidelines, and such other information and materials as we may reasonably require,including, but notlimited to, a final, complete copy of the lease (which must incorporate a rider in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit F) or contract of sale for the site for your Card My Yard business.
Such lease or contract for sale may not be signed by you unless it includes a rider in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit F and is submitted to, and approved by, us in advance.
- (3) We shall have fifteen (15) days after receiving all required site information to accept or reject, in our sole discretion, the proposed site as the location for your Card My Yard business.
No site may be used for a Card My Yard business unless it is first accepted in writing by us, and you shall not make any binding commitment with respect to a site for your Card My Yard business unless the site is first accepted in writing by us.
- (5) After we accept the site and you acquire the site pursuant to this Agreement, the address of the site shall be entered on Exhibit C to this Agreement as the Franchise Location and the Protected Area around the Franchise Location will be described on Exhibit C.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 84–259)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Card My Yard's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, if Card My Yard grants you the right to relocate your business, you must comply with their reasonable site selection and construction procedures. Note that you cannot relocate the Card My Yard business without Card My Yard's express prior written consent, unless your franchise location is your home and you move to a new residence within your protected area.
If you are unable to continue operating your Card My Yard business at the current franchise location due to an event of Force Majeure or other reasons not constituting a default, you can request consent to relocate within your protected area. This request must be submitted as soon as possible, but no later than 10 days after discovering you cannot continue operations at the current location.
Before acquiring a site that is not your primary residence, you must submit a description of the site, evidence that it meets Card My Yard's site selection guidelines, and any other required information, including a final copy of the lease or contract of sale with a specific rider. Card My Yard has 15 days to approve or reject the proposed site. You cannot sign any lease or contract without prior approval from Card My Yard. After Card My Yard accepts the site and you acquire it, the address will be added to Exhibit C of the Franchise Agreement as the new Franchise Location, and the protected area will be described on Exhibit C.