[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Commission
of the City of South Pasadena 6-27-1995 by Ord. No. 95-08. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The sale, or offering for sale, trade or other consideration,
of items, goods or merchandise on property located in a residential
zoning district. The term "garage sale" shall include yard sales,
carport sales, driveway sales, flea markets and rummage and estate
sales. Auctions are not included in the definition and are not permitted
in residential zoning districts.
Anyone acting for himself or herself, or for another person,
or for any firm, partnership, corporation, organization or other entity.
It shall be unlawful for any person to hold,
manage, sponsor or otherwise conduct a garage sale without first obtaining
a permit from the Department of Community Improvement. There shall
be no fee charged for a permit. The permit must be obtained prior
to the commencement of the sale and shall be prominently displayed
on the premises at all times during the sale. The permit shall contain
the following information and shall be signed and sworn to by the
applicant:
A.
Full name and address of the applicant.
B.
Location at which the sale is to be held.
C.
Date or dates of the proposed sale.
D.
Date or dates of any garage sale held by the applicant
or on the proposed premises during the previous 12 months.
E.
A statement that the property to be offered for sale
is owned by the applicant or his/her family, that the items to be
offered for sale are all previously owned personal property, that
no property or items to be offered for sale have been or will be acquired
by consignment, and that no property or items have been or will be
acquired for the purpose of resale.
A.
All garage sales shall be limited to daylight hours.
B.
No goods shall be on display except during the hours
of sale. All items not customarily used outside shall be removed from
the outside area at the end of each day of a consecutive-day sale
and at the end of the garage sale.
C.
Items offered at the garage sale shall be limited
to privately owned personal property and may not have been acquired
or consigned for the purpose of resale.
D.
No garage sale shall be conducted for a period in
excess of two consecutive days, and no person shall conduct more than
four garage sales within any twelve-month period.
[Amended 9-11-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-03]
E.
There shall be no more than four garage sales on the
same property or premises within any twelve-month period. Garage sales
conducted on the same premises shall be at least 90 days apart.
[Amended 9-11-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-03]
F.
Two temporary signs, not more than four square feet
in size, shall be permitted indicating where the sale is to be held.
No signs shall be exhibited except during the authorized hours of
a sale. No signs are permitted to be attached to utility poles or
traffic regulation signs or to trees in the public right-of-way.
The Director of the Department of Community Improvement has the authority to issue a single garage sale permit to a representative of a neighborhood association or other group of residents to hold an annual garage sale in their neighborhood. Upon issuance of a permit for a group garage sale, the individual participants shall not be required to obtain individual permits. Participation in an annual neighborhood garage sale shall not count as one of the two sales permitted pursuant to § 111-3E.
Violations of this chapter shall be punished in accordance with § 1-16 of the Code of Ordinances.
