Any person desiring to conduct a distress merchandise sale shall make written application to the City, to be filed with the Director of Public Safety and Service at least fifteen days prior to the date on which such sale is to commence, on forms furnished by the Director and signed and sworn to before a notary public and the Director by the highest ranking local principal of the applicant. Each application shall contain the following information and such other information as the Director may deem necessary:
(a) The name and address of the owner of the goods, wares or merchandise to be sold;
(b) A description of the place where such sale is to be held;
(c) The nature of the occupancy of the place where such sale is to be held, whether by lease or otherwise, and the effective date of termination of such occupancy;
(d) A full and complete statement of the facts regarding the distress merchandise sale, including the reason why such sale is being conducted, the manner in which such sale will be conducted and the commencement and termination date of such sale;
(e) A complete and detailed inventory of the goods, wares and merchandise to be offered at such sale as disclosed by the applicant's records, or a statement of both the cost and retail value of the inventory of goods, wares and merchandise to be offered at such sale based on the physical inventory used for the applicant's most recent Federal income tax return adjusted for sales, purchases and mark-downs shall be shown on a monthly basis to the date of application. In addition, there shall be shown, as separate items in either form of inventory, the cost and retail value of all consignment merchandise intended to be sold with forms attached thereto giving proof that such consignment merchandise was received at least sixty days prior to the filing of the application, or, if not received, that such consignment merchandise was ordered at least sixty days prior to the filing of the application.
The filing of an application for a license, the contents of such application and the issuance of a license shall be confidential information and no disclosure thereof shall be made except such as may be necessary in the administration of the provisions of this chapter. However, any disclosure may be made with the consent of the applicant and the filing of an application; the issuance of a license shall not be considered confidential after public notice has been given of the proposed sale. Disclosures made contrary to the provisions of this section shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 713.99(b).
(Ord. 178(90-91). Passed 3-7-91.)