§ 9-128. Business where the director of finance may issue permits in case of no objection

The director of finance may issue permits for the hereinafter named businesses without submission to the city council when he has obtained the necessary clearance from the law enforcement agency, health agency, or other investigating agency, and where he has received no evidence indicating that the public health, safety or welfare or the purposes of this chapter will be injured by the granting of such a permit, and where in addition there are no protests or objections to said permit. In the event any of the foregoing should exist, the director of finance may refer any of the hereinafter mentioned applications for hearing before the city council without considering the same himself. This section applies to the following enumerated businesses hereinbefore enumerated in this chapter under section 9-125.

(a) Advertising by handbills;

(b) Amusement games, rides, or similar devices;

(c) Auction sales, bankrupt stock sales (closeout sales), fire sales, foreclosure sales, lost our lease sales, quitting business sales and other advertised sales conveying to the public that the business is closing its doors:

(d) Christmas tree lots;

(e) House number painters;

(f) Itinerant merchant;

(g) Junk collectors/dealers;

(h) Safe and sane fireworks sales;

(i) Sidewalk sales and parking lot sales. The term sidewalk sales and parking lot sales shall mean the sale of merchandise from a retail establishment located in a permanent structure directly adjacent to the sidewalk or parking lot used for the sale and does not include pushcart vending prohibited by section 9-191

(Ord. No. 74-69, § 2, 7-7-75; Ord. No. 83-16, § 2, 7-18-83; Ord. No. 97-9, § 3, 4-21-97)