Article 1. Auctions and Auction Sales
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3.1.1. Auctions and auction sales.
It is unlawful for any person to conduct or carry on any auction or auction sale wherein furniture, household goods or other personal or real property are sold or offered for sale at public auction within the corporate limits of the City of Bel Aire, Kansas without the owner or auctioneer of such furniture, household goods or other personal or real property having first filed with the City Clerk an inventory of such goods to be sold, received a permit from the City Clerk or the City Clerk’s designee for the purpose of carrying on such auction or auction sale, complied with all the applicable provisions of this Code and paid the required permit fee.
(Ord. 379)
3.1.2. Auctions and auction sales permit.
Only one permit to conduct or carry on an auction or auction sale pursuant to this Code may be issued during a twelve (12) month period for any address within the corporate limits of the City of Bel Aire, Kansas.
(Ord. 379)
3.1.3. Auctions and auction sales bond.
Every applicant for a permit to conduct or carry on any auction or auction sale pursuant to this Code shall execute and file with the City Clerk a good and sufficient bond in the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars with a surety thereon which is a surety company authorized to do business in the state, which bond shall be approved by the City Attorney and shall be conditioned upon faithful observance of all the provisions of the permit and this Code. Said bond shall also indemnify any purchaser at such public auction who suffers any loss by reason of misrepresentation in the sale. The bond shall continue in effect until the expiration of the statute of limitations on all claims secured by the bond. Any purchaser claiming to have been damaged by misrepresentation in the auction sale may maintain an action at law against the person making such misrepresentations and may join as party defendant the surety on the bond as herein provided.
(Ord. 379)
3.1.4. Auctions and auction sales hours.
No auction or auction sale as permitted by this Code shall be held or open for business between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. of the following morning.
(Ord. 379)
3.1.5. Auctions and auction sales bidding.
At any auction or auction sale as permitted by this Code, no person shall act or employ another to act as a buy bidder, or what is commonly known as a booster, or to make or accept any false or misleading bid or falsely pretend to buy or sell any article sold or offered for sale at any auction.
(Ord. 379)