No sale referred to in Section 673.01 shall be licensed or permitted for a period of more than thirty (30) days, Sundays and legal holidays excepted. The thirty (30) days shall be consecutive except as to Sundays and legal holidays. However, if the licensee does not sell the quantity of merchandise listed in the application for a license he or she may make application for extension of such license to the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses. If upon investigation the Commissioner is satisfied as to the truth of the statements contained in the application for renewal, he or she shall issue a renewal license for a period not exceeding thirty (30) days. It is further provided that a maximum of two (2) such renewals may be granted, except that if cause is shown to the satisfaction of the Commissioner, additional thirty (30) day renewals may be granted until all the disposable inventory listed in the original application for a license is sold. No license shall be issued to any person, firm or corporation to conduct a sale at the same location where such applicant has terminated a prior sale licensed hereunder within a period of eighteen (18) months subsequent to the termination of such prior sale; nor shall a license be issued to a purchaser of stock at a sale licensed hereunder for a period of eighteen (18) months subsequent to such purchase if the purchaser continues to conduct business under the same firm name as that used by the seller of such stock without having adopted a reasonable means of advertising the change in ownership to the public, or where no bona fide change in ownership has taken place and the purchase was a sham transaction intended to deceive the public. Nor shall a license be issued to any person, firm or corporation who has not been for a period of sixty (60) days next preceding such sale, continuously engaged in the City in the business of selling goods, wares or merchandise at retail. No person who has been convicted of violating any of the provisions pertaining to a licensed sale shall be issued a license to conduct such a sale or be employed in any manner in the conduct of such a sale for a period of two (2) years subsequent to such conviction.
(Ord. No. 994-56. Passed 6-18-56, eff. 6-20-56)