It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business
of auctioneering without a license therefor.
It shall be unlawful for any premises to be used for the conducting
of an auction without a permit being first obtained.
Every person intending to engage in the business of auctioneering
shall apply to the Village Clerk for a license therefor upon a written
application containing the following information:
B. Permanent home residence.
C. Name and address of firm or association represented.
E. Place or places of residence of the applicant for the preceding three
years.
F. Length of time for which the license is desired.
G. A description of the wares to be offered for sale and the terms and
conditions of said sale.
H. The time and place where the business of auctioneering is to be carried
out.
I. Whether the applicant has ever been convicted of any crime or infraction
and the details of such conviction.
If the Mayor shall determine that an applicant is not fit and
proper, he shall refuse such license, stating his reasons thereon
in writing. An applicant who shall have been refused such license
by the Mayor may apply to the Board of Trustees therefor at a meeting
thereof, and the license may be granted or refused by the Board.
The Mayor may suspend any such license until the next meeting
of the Board of Trustees, and thereupon the license may be revoked
or continued by the Board. If the license is revoked, the license
fee shall be returned.
The chapter shall not be construed to regulate or prevent a
sale of real or personal property under a court order or, without
a court order, for the purpose of settling an estate, nor shall it
prevent any person, firm or corporation from offering for sale to
the highest bidder, by auction or otherwise, real or personal property
acquired from time to time in the ordinary course of business or affairs
and not purchased for the purpose of resale at auction.
[Amended 6-21-1999 by L.L. No. 5-1999]
Each violation of this chapter shall be punishable as a violation as set forth in Article
III, General Penalty, of Chapter
1 of the Code of the Village of Monticello.