No real property or goods, wares or merchandise
shall be sold at auction within the Township of Union in the County
of Union.
The provisions of this chapter shall not be
applicable to the following:
A. Auction sales
conducted by trustees or referees in bankruptcy, executors, administrators,
receivers or other public officials acting under judicial process
and also auction sales authorized by the laws of the State of New
Jersey.
[Amended 3-27-1973 by Ord. No. 3768]
B. Auction sales
conducted by a bona fide religious or charitable organization conducting
an auction on premises regularly occupied or used by said organization
for its activities.
C. Auction sales
conducted by the agent of an owner of a business for the sole purpose
of disposing of the equipment used by said owner in the ordinary conduct
of said business.
[Amended 3-27-1973 by Ord. No. 2768]
A. No auction sale may be permitted under the exceptions set forth in §
213-2 hereof, unless and until the person intending to conduct said auction obtains a permit therefor after completing an application for said permit on forms to be prescribed by the Township Clerk. No auction sale allowed under the exceptions set forth in said §
213-2 hereof may be conducted upon any street or public place, nor may the goods to be sold by said auction be exposed to any person or persons who shall be upon the sidewalk of any said street.
B. A fee shall be
paid to the Township for each such auction authorized by this chapter
in the sum of $125.
[Added 12-13-1988 by Ord. No. 3997;
amended 12-14-1993 by Ord. No. 4282; 9-10-2002 by Ord. No. 4745]
[Amended 10-28-1986 by Ord. No. 3879; 12-13-1988 by Ord. No.
3998; 10-26-2004 by Ord. No. 4842; at time of adoption of Code (see
Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to one or more
of the following: imprisonment in the county jail or in any other
place provided by the municipality for the detention of prisoners
for any term not exceeding 90 days or by a fine not exceeding $2,.000
or by a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, to become
effective on the effective date of this section.