(A) Every applicant for a license to engage in the business of an auctioneer shall, in accordance with § 116.02, file with the Division of Licensing a written application upon a form prepared and provided by the city, signed by the applicant. The occupational license fee for an auctioneer's license shall be as set forth in § 110.40.
(B) Within ten business days after the filing of an application and the approval thereof by the City Manager or his designee, the License Department of the city shall issue a license to the applicant to hold and conduct a sale by public auction of secondhand goods, as defined in § 116.01.
(C) No license as auctioneer shall be granted to any person who has been convicted, within ten years of the date of application, of the offense or offenses of theft, larceny, embezzlement, conversion, obtaining money or property by false pretenses, fraud or deception, receiving stolen property, dealing in stolen property, possession of altered property, burglary, or violation of any of the offenses enumerated in F.S. Chapter 812, unless the person has had his civil rights restored. If the licensee is a corporation or an association, the above restrictions apply to all officers and directors thereof. If the licensee is a general or limited partnership, the restrictions apply to each partner.
(D) All licenses issued under this section shall be numbered in the order in which they are issued and shall state clearly the location of the business, the date of issuance and expiration of the license, and the name and address of the licensee. Such license shall designate the place of business in or from which the auctioneer receiving the license shall be authorized to carry on such business. Such license is in addition to any other license required by applicable law.
(E) The license shall be in effect for a period of one year from its date of issuance unless other-wise revoked by the City Manager. Each application for a license to engage in the business of auctioneer shall be signed and acknowledged before a notary public or other officer authorized to administer oaths. In order to be deemed complete, each application shall include all of the information required by § 116.02.
('72 Code, § 7-4(a) - (d)) (Ord. 442, passed - - ; Am. Ord. O-89-16, passed 5-3-89)