Ordinance 1977-06 FHD:GKH
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE UNITED CITY OF THE
VILLAGE OF YORKVILLE, KENDALL COUNTY,
ILLINOIS, LICENSING SPECIAL SALES OF
GOODS FOR INSURANCE, SALVAGE, CLOSING
OUT, AND GOING OUT OF BUSINESS, AND
OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, the City Council of the UNITED CITY
OF THE VILLAGE OF YORKVILLE has considered the frequency
and the representations concerning special sales of merchants
within the said City; and
WHEREAS, the City Council considers it in the
best interests of the public that licensing be required.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City
Council of the UNITED CITY OF THE VILLAGE OF YORKVILLE:
SECTION l: LICENSE REQUIRED.
No person shall advertise, represent or hold
out that any sale of goods, wares or merchandise is an
insurance, salvage, removal, closing out, going out of
business, liquidation or creditors ' sale, or a sale of
goods, wares or merchandise damaged by fire, smoke, water
or otherwise damaged, unless he shall have first obtained
a license to conduct such a sale, under one of such
descriptive names, from the City Clerk.
SECTION 2 : APPLICATION FOR LICENSE.
A person desiring a license required by this
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Ordinance shall make an application to the City Clerk
in writing and under oath, setting forth an inventory
of the goods, wares or merchandise to be sold, why such
goods, wares or merchandise are to be sold under such
name, why, and in what manner, such name is truthfully
descriptive of such sale, whether such sale is for the
purpose of removal, in the case of a sale to be called
a removal sale, or whether such sale is for the purpose
of closing out the applicant' s business, or for the purpose
of going out of business, in case of a sale to be called
a closing out or going out of business sale, or where,
and under what circumstances, and how, the goods, wares
or merchandise, if to be sold as damaged, were so damaged,
the place and manner of conducting such sale and by what
persons such sale is to be conducted, from whom the goods,
wares or merchandise to be sold were procured by the
applicant, the date of so procuring them and of the delivery
thereof to the applicant, and the proposed period of time
during which the sale will be conducted, not to exceed
a period of sixty (60) days.
SECTION 3: ISSUANCE OF LICENSE; FEE; DURATION; EXTENSIONS.
Upon compliance with the provisions of this
Ordinance, the City Clerk shall issue a license to the
person so applying therefor, on his paying to the Clerk
a fee of Twenty-Five ($25 . 00) Dollars, authorizing such
applicant so to advertise, represent or sell such goods,
wares or merchandise under this Ordinance during a period
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of sixty (60) days; provided, however, if the licensee
furnishes an affidavit to the effect that all goods listed
in the original inventory have not been disposed of,
and that no stock has been added, an extension of thirty (30)
days may be granted upon the payment of an additional
license fee of Twenty-Five ($25. 00) Dollars.
• SECTION 4 : RECORDS TO BE KEPT BY CLERK.
The City Clerk shall endorse upon each application
filed under this Ordinance the date of its filing, and
shall preserve it as a public record of his office, and
shall make a notation of it in a book to be kept for that
purpose, properly indexed, showing the name of the applicant,
the date of application, the descriptive name of the proposed
sale, the place where such sale is to be conducted, its
duration, the date of the license issued thereon, and
the value of the stock of goods, wares and merchandise
thus to be sold.
SECTION 5:
Any person violating any provision of this
Ordinance shall be guilty of a Class "C" Misdemeanor.
This Ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage and publication as
provided by law.
PASSED this % day of
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A.D. 1977.
City erk
SIGNED and APPROVED this 67 61 day of
A.D. 1977.
Mayor