8539 Going Out of BusinessORDINANCE NUMBER 8539
(Published in The Salina Journal irk" ! , 1977)
AN ORDINANCE MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO CONDUCT A QUITTING BUSINESS, GOING
OUT OF BUSINESS, COMPLETE LIQUIDATION, OR SIMILAR TYPE SALE WITHIN THE CITY OF
SALINA WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING A LICENSE THEREFOR; ENACTING ARTICLE III OF
CHAPTER 20 OF THE SALINA CODE.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina, Kansas:
Section 1. That Chapter 20 of the Salina Code is hereby amended by
adding the following Article to be numbered Article III, which said Article
shall read as follows:
"Chapter 20
ARTICLE III
GOING OUT OF BUSINESS LICENSE
"Section 20-75. License required, fees.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
advertise or conduct or carry on in the City any sales of goods, wares
or merchandise that is represented as quitting business, going out of
business, complete liquidation or similar sale without first having
filed with the City Clerk the inventory under oath herein provided
for, complying with the provisions of this Article and obtaining from
the City Clerk a license to do so as a 'closing out sale license'. No
goods, wares or merchandise shall be incluced in the inventory which
are not actually in the place of business described in the application
for license at the time the application is made. All sales governed
by the provisions of this Article shall be conducted in the place of
business described in the application and license. The fee for such
license shall be $200.00 for a period of not to exceed 90 days.
"Section 20-76. Application for license.
The inventory referred to in Section 20-75 shall be made part of
the application for license hereunder, which application shall be
writing. The application shall also state the place and manner of
conducting such a sale. The application shall be signed by the
person seeking to secure a license, or by the proper officer of the
corporation, if it is a corporation, and the application shall be
sworn to by the proper person signing such application, which oath
shall state the information given therein is full, true, and known to
the affiant to be so.
"Section 20-77. Time limitation.
Only one license required in Section 20-75 shall be issued to any
one person, firm or corporation within a twelve month period, and such
license shall not be issued to any one person for a longer period of
time than 90 days.
"Section 20-78. Goods which may be advertised.
It shall be unlawful to advertise, sell or expose for sale at any
sale governed by this Article or to list in the inventory required by
this Article, any goods, wares or merchandise which are not regular
stock of the store which is to be closed out at such sale or to make
any replenishments or additions to such stock for the purpose of such
sale during the time thereof. No wares or merchandise shall be sold
other than those actually included in the inventory.
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"Section 20-79. Waiting period.
Application shall be made to the City Clerk and no sales as
defined herein shall be commenced until five days after the license
shall have been issued.
"Sections 20-80 - 20-85. Reserved."
Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its adoption and publication in the official city newspaper.
Introduced: December 20, 1976
(SEAL)
Attest:
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D. L. Harrison, City Clerk
Passed: January 31, 1977