§ 5-3.02 LICENSE REQUIRED; FEES.
   (A)   Licensed businesses; closing-out sales.
      (1)   Any person desiring to carry on a closing-out auction sale of only merchandise or stock on hand of an established licensed business in the city shall file an application for an auction license and shall accompany the same with the payment of a fee in an amount to be determined by resolution.
      (2)   Any established licensed business, licensed in the city for a period of six months or longer, conducting a “closing-out sale” or “going-out-of-business sale,” or the equivalent thereof, in the city shall pay a license fee in an amount to be determined by resolution for each day such sale is carried on after 30 days from the beginning date thereof. The 30 day license free period may be extended for one or more 15 day periods by the Director of Financial Services, in his discretion. Any person conducting such sale, except where conducted by a person or business licensed for at least six months in the city to conduct a similar business, shall pay a license fee in an amount to be determined by resolution for each day such sale is carried on.
   (B)   Licensed businesses; other than closing-out sales. Any person desiring a license to sell at auction a stock of merchandise, or any part thereof, of any established business which has been previously and duly licensed by the city and which is not a closing-out sale shall file an application for an auction license and shall accompany the same with the payment of a fee in an amount to be determined by resolution.
   (C)   Auction houses and yards. Any person desiring to sell at auction within an auction house or yard operated as an independent business and which is duly licensed as an independent business in the city and selling only used or secondhand goods and is the actual owner thereof, or handling the same on a commission basis, shall make application for an auction license and shall accompany the same with the payment of a fee in an amount to be determined by resolution.
   (D)   Fees in addition to other licenses. All license fees provided in this section shall be in addition to any other licenses or taxes required by other sections of this code.
('66 Code, § 5-3.02) (Ord. 293-A, passed 7-9-51; Am. Ord. 54-C-S, passed 5-8-68) Penalty, see §§ 1-2.01 et seq.