[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Hewlett
Harbor 3-13-1975 as L.L. No. 1-1975. Sections
69-1, 69-3 and 69-8 amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I. Other amendments noted where applicable.]
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Includes but is not limited to household furniture, furnishings,
rugs, tapestries, silverware, dishes, cookware, lamps, silver service, antiques,
paintings, decorative items, outdoor statuary and outdoor personal property
and all other items commonly used in and about a residence.
All sales entitled "garage sale," lawn sale," "auction," "attic sale,"
"rummage sale" or "flea market sale," or any similar sale of personal property
which is advertised by any means whereby the public at large is or can be
made aware of said sale.[1]
It shall be unlawful for any person, without first obtaining a license
pursuant to this chapter, to offer for sale at any one time more than five
items of personal property constituting the contents of a home in the Village
of Hewlett Harbor other than by auction, for which other provisions of the
laws of Hewlett Harbor are applicable thereto.
[Added 8-26-1976 by L.L. No. 3-1976;
amended 3-10-1977 by L.L. No. 2-1977]
A license shall be required for the sale of more than five items of
personal property constituting the contents of a home, and such license shall
be issued by the Village Clerk to the owner of the property where the sale
is to take place upon the filing of a written application therefor and the
payment of a fee as provided in Ch. A149, Fees, of this Code for each day
that such sale is to be held.
The said license shall be valid for each day for which the prescribed
fee has been paid, but no license shall be issued for a continuous period
of more than three days.
No such license shall be issued more frequently than once every three
years.
It shall be unlawful to bring onto any premises for the purposes of
sale any personal property which has not been customarily located at and used
in connection with the dwelling where a sale is to take place.
The contents of a home shall be displayed for sale wholly within the
interior of the dwelling or the garage where the sale is to take place, except
for the sale of articles which have been customarily located on the exterior
of a dwelling and used outside of a dwelling or garage.
