No goods, wares or merchandise shall be sold or offered for
sale at auction within the City except by an auctioneer licensed as
provided herein.
No auctioneer licensed under this article shall conduct an auction
without first obtaining an auction license for the specific sale.
Nothing in this article shall apply to judicial sales, sales
by executors, administrators, trustees or referees in bankruptcy,
receivers nor to sales conducted for charitable purposes.
[MC 1993-10, April 5, 1993]
(a) The applicant, before being granted an auction license, shall file
a bond in the sum of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) with the
License Bureau.
(b) The bond shall be approved as to surety by the Corporation Counsel.
(c) The bond shall be conditioned for the protection of any person purchasing
at the auction sale who may be unlawfully injured by any sale in contravention
of this article.
A license to conduct an auction shall expire on the tenth (10th)
day following its issuance.
[R.O. 1957, 6:1-5]
Every auctioneer's license shall be issued for a period of one
(1) year from June 1 to May 31 of the following year.
The following acts, omissions and practices in connection with
sale of goods, wares and merchandise at auction are hereby prohibited.
(a) The use of deceit, fraud or misrepresentation of any article;
(b) The substitution of any article in place of an article bid upon at
auction;
(c) The use of false or misleading advertising matters;
(d) The use of false bidders or puffers;
(e) An auction sale on any of the streets, sidewalks or public property;
(f) The substitution of an unlicensed person in place of a licensed auctioneer;
(g) Auction sales between the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M.;
(h) Auction sales on Sundays and legal holidays;
(i) No person shall conduct an auction in a noisy, persistent or offensive
manner. He shall not obstruct the passage of vehicles or pedestrians
upon any street, sidewalk or public way or in any public place; and,
(j) No person shall conduct an auction in such a manner as to create
an immediate danger of a public nuisance or of a public disturbance.