Chapter 22 - Business Regulations
Division 7 - Auctions
SEC. 22.7-1 LICENSE. It shall be unlawful within the Town of Normal for any person to act as an auctioneer or to offer to exercise a business or trade of an auctioneer or to vend or sell or offer to sell at public auction any goods, wares or merchandise or any interest therein without first having obtained a license from the Town of Normal for that purpose as hereinafter provided; EXCEPT that none of the provisions of this Division shall apply to any judicial sale whatsoever, nor to any officer or person executing any process or order of any court selling any property or effects directed by law to be sold at public auction, or to the property or effects of any deceased person when sold by order of the personal representative, or to any sale by a trustee in bankruptcy, or to the sale of any real estate.
SEC. 22.7-2 FEES. The license fee for auctioneers shall be Five Dollars ($5.00) per day and a like sum per day thereafter during the continuance of any sale, except as follows:
- In auction sales where more than one auctioneer conducts
the sale, the license fee for each auctioneer shall be Three
Dollars ($3.00) per day.
- An Annual License Permit may be obtained for auctions contained at one specified location on the payment of a Two Hundred Dollar ($200.00) fee.
Except in the case of an Annual Auction License, a separate license must be secured for each sale, showing the location of sale and the date on which the sale is to be held. (Amended 12/16/85)
SEC. 22.7-3 TIME AND PLACE. It shall be unlawful for any auctioneer or his agent to sell or offer for sale at public auction any goods, wares or merchandise upon any public street, alley, sidewalk or public ground. It shall further be unlawful to conduct any public auction before eight o'clock a.m. and after six o'clock p.m., except in the M-1 Restricted Manufacturing Zoning District, auctions may be conducted within an enclosed structure between the hours of eight o'clock a.m. and eleven o'clock p.m. (Amended 8/20/79)(Amended 12/16/85)
SEC. 22.7-4 FRAUD. Whoever shall offer for sale at auction any article and induce its purchase by any bidder and afterwards secretly substitute any other article for the one so exhibited with the intent to deceive and defraud the bidder, or shall in any other manner be guilty of any device, trick or fraudulent practice intended to deceive a bidder, shall, upon conviction of such practice, be guilty of a violation of this Chapter and, in addition, thereafter shall be no longer eligible for a license.
SEC. 22.7-5 EXCEPTIONS. This Division shall have no effect or extend to public auction sales sponsored by or under the auspices of any church, school, War Veterans or charitable organizations, except that the aforementioned organizations enumerated in this paragraph shall first secure written permission form the Town Council for the holding of such public auction.