Sec. 7-68. Transferability of licenses; fee.

All licenses issued hereunder shall be nontransferable as to person; however, the finance director shall, upon receipt of a transfer fee of ten dollars ($10.00), authorize the transfer of any license issued under this article from one location to another, provided the individual licensee remains the same.

(1953 Code, ch. 32, § 7; Ord. No. 2209, § 2, 9-5-61)

Sec. 7-69. Reserved.

   Editors Note: Ord. No. 4916, § 3, adopted Dec. 18, 1978, specifically amended the Code by repealing § 7-69, which pertained to license renewals. The section had been derived from the 1953 Code, ch. 32, § 8, and Ord. No. 2209, § 2, adopted Sept. 5, 1961.

Secs. 7-70--7-79. Reserved.

ARTICLE IV. GOING-OUT-OF-BUSINESS, FIRE, ETC., SALES

Sec. 7-80. Definitions.

For the purposes of this article, the following terms, phrases, and words shall have the meaning given herein:

   Sec. 7-80(1). Fire and other altered goods sale is a sale held out in such a manner as to reasonably cause the public to believe that the sale will offer goods damaged or altered while within the city or in transit thereto, by fire, smoke, water or other means. (Ord. No. 3120, § 1, 4-22-68)

   Sec. 7-80(2). Going-out-of business sale is any sale held out in such a manner as to reasonably cause the public to believe that upon disposal of the stock of goods on hand, the business will cease and be discontinued, including, but not limited to, the following sales: adjusters; adjustment; alteration; assignees'; bankrupt; benefit-of-creditors; benefit-of- administrator; benefit-of-trustees; building-coming-down; closing; creditors' committee; creditors'; executors'; final days; forced out; forced-out-of-business; insolvents'; last days; lease expires; liquidation; loss of lease; mortgage sale; receiver's trustees'; quitting business; or other terminology of similar import.

   Sec. 7-80(3). Goods includes any goods, wares, merchandise or other property capable of being the object of a sale regulated hereunder.

(1953 Code, ch. 6, § 1; Ord. No. 8011, § 2, 3-22-93)

Sec. 7-81. Exemptions from article.

The provisions of this article shall not apply to or affect the following persons:

   Sec. 7-81(1). Persons acting pursuant to an order or process of a court of competent jurisdiction.

   Sec. 7-81(2). Persons acting in accordance with their powers and duties as public officials.

(1953 Code, ch. 6, § 7; Ord. No. 8011, § 2, 3-22-93)

Sec. 7-82. Permit required.

Any person, before selling or offering to sell any goods at a sale, held out by any means whatever to be one of the kinds defined in this article, shall first obtain a permit from the director of finance.

(1953 Code, ch. 6, § 2; Ord. No. 8011, § 2, 3-22-93)