§ 9-2. Exemptions.

The provisions of this chapter shall not be so construed as to apply to auction sales:

(a)

By a trustee under the provisions of a deed of trust, or in the carrying out of any judicial rule of the court, or as an officer of a court;

(b)

By banks, trust companies, trustees in bankruptcy, or any executor or administrator;

(c)

For the purposes of liquidating the assets of a bankrupt, a trust, a debtor or an estate;

(d)

Held solely for charitable or benevolent purposes, or as part of any church fair, festival or bazaar;

(e)

At which the purchasers are limited to dealers engaged in the business of selling at retail or wholesale;

(f)

Occurring at public stockyards under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States and posted as such public stockyards pursuant to the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921;

(g)

Conducted by the Western Stock Show Association at and during the National Western Stock Show;

(h)

By 4-H Club auctions;

(i)

Conducted by nonprofit organizations of collectors of rare items, coins, stamps or other things, holding their conventions or meetings in the city, and where such auction sale or sales conducted by them are confined to bona fide members thereof.

(Ord. No. 10-94, § 1, 1-3-94)