(a) Required. A license issued by the City Licensing Officer shall be obtained by any person before selling or offering to sell any goods at a sale to be advertised or held out by any means to be one of the following: Going-out-of-business sales; removal of business sale; or fire and other altered stock sale.
(b) Prerequisite to License. Any person who has not been the owner of a business advertised or described in the application for a license under this article for a period of at least six months prior to the date of the proposed sale shall not be granted a license; provided, that upon the death of a person doing business in this City his heirs, devisees, legatees, executors or administrators shall have the right to apply at any time for a license.
(c) Interval Between Sales. Any person who has held a sale as regulated by this article, at the location stated in the application, within one year last past from the date of such application shall not be granted a license.
(d) Locations and Branch Stores. Where a person applying for a license under this article operates more than one place of business, the license issued shall apply only to the one store or branch specified in the application, and no other store or branch shall advertise or represent that it is cooperating with it, or in any way participating in the licensed sale, nor shall the store or branch conducting the licensed sale advertise or represent that any other store or branch is cooperating with it or participating in any way in the licensed sale.
(1977 Code Sec. 34.03.)