The application for a permit for an auction sale shall be filed with the City Clerk, under oath, where it may be examined by the public at any time before or during the sale. Not less than five full days after the proper application has been filed, the City Clerk shall issue a permit to the auctioneer named in the application, which permit shall authorize the auctioneer to conduct an auction sale of the property listed in the application at the place named therein, for the number of days for which an inspector's fee has been paid as hereinafter provided. Such permit, with the number of days plainly stated on its face, shall be posted by the auctioneer in a conspicuous place on the premises where the auction sale is being conducted and shall remain posted throughout such sale. However, if the application is for an auction sale where the principal merchandise auctioned is platinum, gold, silver, plated ware, precious or semiprecious stones, watches or other jewelry, all persons interested may examine the same thirty full days prior to the issuance of a permit. A permit shall not be required for a public auction of household effects and personal belongings to be auctioned at the bona fide residence of the owner or under the direction of a court administrator, provided that the sworn application filed with the City Clerk shows such to be the case.
(1974 Code Sec. 7.56)