[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cedarhurst 3-2-1964 as Ch. 9, Art. II, of the 1964 Code of Ordinances. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
A.
No person shall engage in the business of
auctioneering in the village or conduct an auction or act as auctioneer therein
without first obtaining a license therefor as hereinafter provided.
[Amended 7-11-1983 by L.L. No. 15-1983]
The Village Clerk-Treasurer is hereby authorized and empowered to issue the license required by the previous section, subject to the limitations provided in § 84-4, upon written application therefor and upon the payment of license fee as set by the Board of Trustees by resolution of a majority vote of its members present at a Board meeting.[1]
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Editor's Note: The fee schedule is on file in the village offices.
No license fee shall be required to be paid for a permit to conduct
an auction directed to be held within the village by the order of any court
of competent jurisdiction or for a permit to a church or charitable, fraternal
or religious organization to conduct an auction, the proceeds of which are
to be devoted solely to the purposes of such organization.
It shall not be lawful for any person to bring into the village any
goods, wares or merchandise for the purpose of sale at public auction within
said village, and the only goods, wares or merchandise which may be lawfully
offered for sale at auction within said village shall be such as are a part
of a stock-in-trade of any person theretofore doing business within said village.
The sale at auction of any merchandise brought into the village for the specific
purpose of sale at auction therein is expressly forbidden.