No person licensed under § 818.02 shall in the course of a distress merchandise sale make any addition whatsoever to the stock of merchandise set forth in the inventory attached to the application for the license pursuant to § 818.03(e), except that such person is permitted to add new stock not to exceed 25% of the dollar value of the inventoried merchandise, for the purpose of maintaining reasonably balanced selections. Such addition may be made only once and must be reported to the City Manager’s office before being offered for sale. Nothing shall be offered for sale or sold at any such distress merchandise sale which is in excess of the original inventory as filed, plus such permitted addition. Any abnormal purchase of merchandise by the applicant prior to the application for the license required in § 818.02 shall be cause for refusal to issue the license. The examiners appointed by the City Manager pursuant to § 818.11 may, as in the instance of the original inventory, verify this addition to the inventory.
(Ord. 3652, passed 11-30-1960)