This article shall not apply to:
(1) charitable, philanthropic, religious, fraternal, civic, patriotic, social or school-sponsored organizations or associations or to any nonprofit corporations or associations;
(2) any person dealing solely in the purchase, sale or trade of used or secondhand motor vehicles;
(3) the occasional sale to the public of used or secondhand goods and wares that have been used primarily for personal, family or household purposes by the owner, if the seller, at the time of sale, is not engaged in the business for profit of selling goods of that or of a similar nature, which shall include garage sales conducted at a private residence and neighborhood garage sales;
(4) public and private auctions;
(5) sales made by any public officer in his official capacity as a trustee in bankruptcy, executor, administrator, receiver, or public official acting under judicial process or authority, or sales on the execution of or by virtue of, any process issued by a court;
(6) sales and purchases made by the United States, the state or the city or any political subdivision, department or agency thereof;
(7) used or secondhand articles which are deposited with or otherwise actually delivered into the possession of a pawnbroker in the course of his business in connection with a pawn transaction covered under the provisions of the Texas Pawnshop Act, V.T.C.A. Article 5069-51.01, et seq.;
(8) any sale or transaction dealing with precious metals or gems and governed by city code Sections 76-1 - 76-8.
(Ord. No. 2900, § 2, 2-24-00)