No such sale by auction or going-out-of-business sale, shall be licensed or held in the month of December. No such sale by auction or going-out-of-business sale shall be licensed or permitted for a period of more than thirty days, Sundays and legal holidays excepted. Such thirty days shall be consecutive except as to Sundays and legal holidays, and from December 1 to December 31, inclusive, except that if licensee does not sell the quantity of merchandise permitted under Section 725.09
, he may make application for an extension of the thirty day period. No license hereunder shall be issued for the sale of stock on hand of any person who shall not for the period of one year next preceding such sale have been continuously engaged in the City in the business of selling such merchandise at wholesale or retail; nor shall a license be issued for the sale or offering for sale at public auction or going-out-of-business sale of stock on hand by any purchaser thereof from a person that shall not for the period of one year next preceding any such purchase have been continuously engaged in and upon the same premises wherein the sale is to be held in the business of selling such merchandise at wholesale or retail. No such license shall under any circumstances be granted to any person within a period of two years after the termination of such sale by auction or going-out-of-business sale by such person held or conducted hereunder. No person who has been convicted of violating any of the provisions relating to the conduct of jewelry auctions, or going-out-of-business sales shall be granted a license for such sale or sales or act as auctioneer or be employed in any manner at or in connection with any sale or auction or going-out-of-business sale licensed hereunder for a period of five years after such conviction.
(Ord. 4509/53. Passed 12-7-53.)