[Code 1964, §§ 8-19, 8-20; Ord. No. 15, 3-7-2007]
(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or expose for sale or
cause to be sold or exposed for sale at auction, except under or by
virtue of legal process, any goods, wares, merchandise or personal
property within the City without having first obtained the proper
license as provided in this division.
(b)
This section shall not apply to judicial sales or sales by executors
or administrators or sales under conditional contracts or chattel
mortgages or sales by trustees in bankruptcy or to satisfy warehouse
liens or by or on behalf of licensed pawnbrokers of unredeemed pledges
in the manner provided by law.
(c)
All auction sales authorized in this article shall be conducted by
licensed auctioneers.
[Code 1964, § 8-15; Ord. No. 15, 3-7-2007]
An auctioneer's license shall be valid for not less than one
day nor more than 30 consecutive days, except Sundays and holidays,
for which the licensee shall pay to the City Clerk the sum of $100
per day and furnish the bond required in this division. The license
shall authorize the holder, subject to the provisions of this article,
New York General Business Law § 21-28 and other ordinances
of the City, to sell or offer for sale or cause to be sold or offered
for sale at auction any goods, wares, merchandise or personal property
within the City.
[Code 1964, § 8-7; Ord. No. 15, 3-7-2007]
An auctioneer's license shall be issued by the City Clerk upon
compliance with the provisions of this division for the issuance of
the license, and upon payment of the license fees required in this
division.
[Code 1964, § 8-18; Ord. No. 15, 3-7-2007]
Every applicant for an auctioneer's license shall, before the
issuance of the license, file with the City Clerk a good and sufficient
bond in the sum of $5,000 with a reputable surety company authorized
to do business in the state, as surety on the license, conditioned
that the license shall not perpetuate, suffer or permit any fraud
or imposition to be practiced upon bidders or upon purchasers of property
from the auctioneer and that the auctioneer will comply with all the
terms and provisions of this article and other ordinances of the City
and will render a true and strict account of all sales to the City
Clerk. The bond shall be first approved by the Corporation Counsel.
[Code 1964, § 8-19; Ord. No. 15, 3-7-2007]
The City Clerk shall revoke any license which may be issued
under the provisions of this division for violation of or failure
to comply with the terms and provisions of this article by the licensee.
