§ 5.44.045. Supplemental permit—Application.

A.

The application shall be signed and sworn to by the applicant and shall state all the facts in regard to the sale, the need to extend the sale and the actual length of time required to conclude the sale, which period shall not exceed three (3) months. The applicant shall also furnish a sworn statement in the application that the merchandise which he/she proposes to sell is a bona fide part of his/her stock in trade and that the same has not been secured, purchased, or brought into the applicant's place of business for or in anticipation of the sale.

B.

The Director of Financial Management may additionally require that the application be accompanied by an inventory of remaining merchandise, which inventory shall show the actual purchase price, the names of persons from whom the goods were obtained, the date of purchase, the date of delivery of the goods, and all details necessary to fully identify the goods to be sold.

C.

The applicant shall also state whether or not the goods to be sold were purchased at a former sale conducted in compliance with Section 5.44.020. No permit shall be issued to any person if it appears that the stock of goods was purchased at a former sale, as set forth in this Section, less than six (6) months prior to the date of the application.

D.

When the applicant has complied with the requirements of this Chapter, the Director of Financial Management may, in his/her sound discretion, issue the permit and shall endorse thereon the date the permit will expire. Once issued, a supplemental permit shall continue in effect only so long as the permit fee is paid and the permittee complies with the provisions of this Chapter and all other provisions of law.

E.

No person shall make a false statement in such application.

(Ord. C-7423 § 30, 1996)