Town of Coventry, RI
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2023-11-28
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 245 Yard Sales
- The Charter
- Ch C Home Rule Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Boards
- Ch 11 Code Review Committee
- Ch 15 Commissions
- Ch 18 Comprehensive Plan
- Ch 22 Court, Municipal
- Ch 39 Library
- Ch 47 Parks and Recreation, Department of
- Ch 51 Personnel
- Ch 56 Purchasing
- Ch 63 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 74 Water Quality Task Force
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 85 Adult Uses
- Ch 87 Alarm Systems
- Ch 89 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 93 Amusement Devices
- Ch 97 Animals
- Ch 102 Boats and Boating
- Ch 104 Body Works Services
- Ch 106 Building Regulations
- Ch 109 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 113 Campgrounds and Trailer Parks
- Ch 115 Clothing Collection Bins
- Ch 118 Drugs and Intoxicants
- Ch 122 Fees
- Ch 124 Firearms
- Ch 127 Outdoor Fires
- Ch 131 Floodplain Management
- Ch 136 Hazardous Wastes
- Ch 139 Housing, Affordable
- Ch 142 Industrial Waste Disposal
- Ch 147 Junk and Secondhand Goods Dealers
- Ch 153 Licensed Businesses
- Ch 158 Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Parks
- Ch 164 Official Map
- Ch 169 Noise
- Ch 175 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 180 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 183 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 186 Poles, Utility
- Ch 189 Schools
- Ch 191 Sewers
- Ch 196 Shows, Performances and Exhibitions
- Ch 200 Soil Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 204 Solid Waste
- Ch 206 Stormwater Management
- Ch 209 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 213 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 217 Taxation
- Ch 222 Tobacco Dealers
- Ch 223 Tobacco and Non-Tobacco Products
- Ch 226 Trees
- Ch 231 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 234 Vehicles, Junked and Abandoned
- Ch 240 Waterways
- Ch 242 Wells
- Ch 245 Yard Sales
- § 245-1 Violations and penalties.
- § 245-2 Signs.
- § 245-3 Hours of operation.
- § 245-4 License required.
- § 245-5 Application for license.
- § 245-6 Issuance of license; fee; maximum number of licenses per year.
- Ch 255 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A260 Special Acts
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of
the Town of Coventry 11-12-1991 by Ord. No. 9-91-0181 as Ch. 8, Art. V,
of the 1991 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Any violation of this chapter shall be punishable
by a fine not to exceed $100 for each offense.
Anyone to whom a license is issued in accordance
with this chapter shall be allowed to place a sign advertising the
yard sale on the premises in question. Such sign shall be no larger
than 18 inches by 24 inches. The sign shall not be placed on the premises
earlier than seven days prior to the date scheduled for the yard sale
and must be removed at the conclusion thereof.
[Amended 8-17-1998 by Ord. No. 2-98-0212]
A yard sale for which a license is issued under
this chapter shall be limited to the hours between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00
p.m. on the date for which the license is issued.
Any Town resident desiring to conduct a yard
sale shall apply to the Town Clerk for a license for the yard sale.
The applicant for a yard sale license shall
state his name and residence, together with the date and location
of the intended yard sale.
The Town Clerk shall issue a yard sale license to a resident applying under this chapter, and the resident shall pay to the Town Clerk a fee as provided in Chapter 122, Fees, of the Code of the Town of Coventry; provided, however, that no more than two such licenses shall be issued in any one calendar year to any one resident or for any one location.
