CHAPTER 112: AUCTIONS AND AUCTIONEERS

Section

    112.01   Auction sales of gold, silverware or jewelry

   112.02   Issuance of license; fee

   112.03   Auctions prohibited on Sundays and holidays

   112.04   Length of time of auction limited

   112.05   Auctions prohibited between November 15 and December 31

   112.06   Fraud, deceit and misrepresentation forbidden

   112.07   Use of false bidders, cappers and puffers forbidden

   112.08   Certain noises to attract attention prohibited

   112.09   Limitation as to previous licensees

   112.10   Previous business requirements

   112.11   License to be kept posted

   112.12   Stock not to be replenished

   112.13   Noncompliance with chapter; discontinuance of auction

   112.14   Exemptions from chapter requirements

   112.99   Penalty

§ 112.01 AUCTION SALES OF GOLD, SILVERWARE OR JEWELRY.

   (A)   No person, firm or corporation shall sell, dispose of, offer for sale, or cause or permit to be sold, disposed of or offered for sale in the city, at public auction, any gold, silver or plated ware, precious and semiprecious stones, watches or jewelry, whether the property is their own, or whether they are acting as the agents or employees of others, unless the person, firm or corporation desiring to hold a public auction files with the controller of the city, a sworn application stating the name of the owner of the stock, the location by street and street number of the stock and the location where the auction is to be held.

   (B)   The application shall also specify that the person, firm, or corporation on whose behalf the application is made, shall not have held or conducted an auction sale of similar merchandise within 1 year of the date of the application, and that the person, firm or corporation has been in the same mercantile business at the stated street and street number in the city for at least 1 year prior to the date of the application.

(1979 Code, § 112.01) (Ord. 1196, passed 12-5-1930) Penalty, see § 112.99

§ 112.02 ISSUANCE OF LICENSE; FEE.

   (A)   After the application has been on file with the City Controller for 5 days, the City Controller shall issue a license provided he or she has verified the statements contained in the application and there has been paid to him or her the sum of $100 as a license fee.

   (B)   All license fees shall be put into the treasury of the city.

(1979 Code, § 112.02) (Ord. 1196, passed 12-5-1930) Penalty, see § 112.99