[HISTORY: Adopted City of Norwalk Common Council 1-10-1967.]
For the purposes of this ordinance the following terms, phrases,
words and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein. When
not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense
include the future, words in the plural number include the singular
number, and words in the singular number include the plural number.
The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.
The City of Norwalk.
The City Clerk of the City of Norwalk.
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
by fire, smoke, water or other means, or undamaged goods to be sold
for reasons of alleged distress such as fire, smoke, water or other
similar matters.
A sale held out in such a manner as to reasonably cause the
public to believe that upon the disposal of the stock of goods on
hand the business will cease and be discontinued, including but not
limited to the following sales: adjuster's; adjustment; alteration;
assignee's; bankrupt; benefit of administrator's; benefit
of creditors'; benefit of trustees; building coming down; closing;
creditor's committee; creditor's; end; executor's;
final days; forced out; forced out of business; insolvents';
last days; lease expires; liquidation; loss of lease; mortgage sale;
receiver's; trustee's; quitting business.
Is meant to include any goods, wares, merchandise or other
property capable of being the object of a sale regulated hereunder.
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
A sale held out in such a manner as to reasonably cause the
public to believe that the person conducting the sale will cease and
discontinue business at the place of sale upon disposal of the stock
of goods on hand and will then move to and resume business at a new
location in the city or will then continue business from other existing
locations in the city.
A license issued by the City License Officer shall be obtained
by any person before selling or offering to sell any goods at a sale
to be advertised or held out by any means to be one of the following
kinds:
A.Â
Provisions supplement general licensing ordinance. The provisions of this ordinance are intended to augment and be in addition to the provisions of §§ 77-1 to 77-26 of the Code of the City of Norwalk. Where this ordinance imposes a greater restriction upon persons, premises, businesses or practices than is imposed by said §§ 77-1 to 77-26, inclusive, this ordinance shall control.
[Amended 6-27-1989]
B.Â
Established business requisite; exception.
(1)Â
Established business requisite. Any person who has not been the owner
of a business advertised or described in the application for a license
hereunder for a period of at least three months prior to the date
of the proposed sale shall not be granted a license.
(2)Â
Exception for survivors of businessmen. Upon the death of a person
doing business in this city, his or her heirs, devisees or legatees
shall have the right to apply at any time for a license hereunder.
C.Â
Interval between sales. Any person who has held a sale, as regulated
hereunder, at the location stated in the application, within one year
last past from the date of such application, shall not be granted
a license.
D.Â
Restricted location. Where a person applying for a license hereunder
operates more than one place of business, the license issued shall
apply only to the one store or branch specified in the application,
and no other store or branch shall advertise or represent that it
is cooperating with it, or in any way participating in the licensed
sale, nor shall the store or branch conducting the licensed sale advertise
or represent that any other store or branch is cooperating with it
or participating in any way in the licensed sale.
E.Â
Persons exempted. The provisions of this ordinance shall not apply
to or affect the following persons:
(1)Â
Persons acting pursuant to an order or process of a court of competent
jurisdiction.
(2)Â
Persons acting in accordance with their powers and duties as public
officials.
(3)Â
Duly licensed auctioneers, selling at auction.
(4)Â
[1]Any publisher of a newspaper, magazine or other publication,
who publishes in good faith, any advertisement, without knowledge
of its false, deceptive or misleading character, or without knowledge
that the provisions of this ordinance have not been complied with.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection E(4), which exempted
persons conducting sales on the effective date of this ordinance from
the provisions of this ordinance, was repealed 6-27-1989, which ordinance
also redesignated former Subsection E(5) as Subsection E(4).
A.Â
Written information required. A person desiring to conduct a sale
regulated by this ordinance shall make a written application to the
License Officer setting forth and containing the following information:
(1)Â
The true name and address of the owner of the goods to be the object
of the sale.
(2)Â
The true name and address of the person from whom he purchased the
goods to be sold and the price therefor and, if not purchased, the
manner of such acquisition, including the dates the goods were purchased
or acquired.
(3)Â
A description of the place where such sale is to be held.
(4)Â
The nature of the occupancy, whether by lease or sublease and the
effective date of termination of such occupancy.
(5)Â
The dates of the period of time in which the sale is to be conducted.
(6)Â
A full and complete statement of the facts in regard to the sale,
including the reason for the urgent and expeditious disposal of goods
thereby and the manner in which the sale will be conducted.
(7)Â
The means to be employed in advertising such sale, together with
the proposed content of any advertisement.
(8)Â
A complete and detailed inventory of the goods to be sold at such
sale as disclosed by the applicant's records. Said inventory
shall be attached to and become part of the required application.
(a)Â
Bona fide orders. All goods included in such inventory shall
have been purchased by the applicant for resale on bona fide orders
without cancellation privileges and shall not comprise goods purchased
on consignment.
(b)Â
Goods purchased for sale hereunder. Such inventory shall not
include goods ordered in contemplation of conducting a sale regulated
hereunder. Any unusual purchase or additions to the stock of goods
of the business hereby affected, within 90 days before the filing
of an application hereunder, shall be deemed to be of such character.
B.Â
Any applicant for a license hereunder shall submit to the License
Officer with his application a license fee of $50. Any applicant for
a renewal license hereunder shall submit to the License Officer with
his renewal application a renewal license fee of $50.
[Amended 6-27-1989]
A.Â
A license shall be issued hereunder on the following terms:
(1)Â
Licensing period.
[Amended 6-27-1989]
(a)Â
The license shall authorize the sale described in the application
for a period of not more than the time allowed pursuant to C.G.S.
§ 21-35c(a) and shall be subject to renewal for a period
not to exceed the period allowed for extension pursuant to C.G.S.
§ 21-35c(a), provided that:
[1]Â
Facts exist justifying the license renewal.
[2]Â
The licensee has filed an application for renewal.
[3]Â
The licensee has submitted with the application for renewal
a revised inventory showing the items listed on the original inventory
remaining unsold and not listing any goods not included in the original
application and inventory.
(b)Â
For the purposes of this subsection, any application for a license
under the provisions of this ordinance covering any goods previously
inventoried as required hereunder shall be deemed to be an application
for renewal, whether presented by the original applicant or by any
other person.
(2)Â
Nature of sale. The license shall authorize only the one type of
sale described in the application at the location named therein.
(3)Â
Saleable goods. The license shall authorize only the sale of goods
described in the inventory attached to the application.
(4)Â
Surrender of general license. Upon being issued a license hereunder
for a going-out-of-business sale, the licensee shall surrender to
the License Officer all other business licenses he may hold at that
time applicable to the location and goods covered by the application
for a license under this ordinance.
(5)Â
Nontransferability. Any license herein provided for shall not be
assignable or transferable.
A license hereunder shall:
A.Â
Adhere to inventory; make no additions whatsoever, during the period
of the licensed sale, to the stock of goods set forth in the inventory
attached to the application for license.
B.Â
Advertise properly; refrain from employing any untrue, deceptive
or misleading advertising.
C.Â
Adhere to advertising; conduct the licensed sale in strict conformity
with any advertising or holding out incident thereto.
D.Â
Keep duplicate inventory; keep available at the place of sale a duplicate
copy of the inventory submitted with the application and shall present
such duplicate to inspecting officials upon request.
E.Â
Segregate noninventories goods; keep any other goods separate and
apart from the goods listed in the filed inventory as being objects
of sale and shall make such distinction clear to the public by placing
tags on all inventoried goods in and about the place of sale apprising
the public of the status of all such goods.
All taxes or municipal assessments due the city on the goods
to be sold at the sale for which a license is required under this
ordinance shall be paid in full before such license shall issue.