Garage and yard sales, as used in this article,
shall mean occasional sales at retail, by residential owners or occupants,
conducted in the garage, patio, driveway or yard of the residential
premises occupied by the person holding the sale, for the purpose
of disposing of surplus personal property accumulated incidentally
in the regular course of residential occupancy.
Garage/yard sales shall be subject to the following
restrictions, rules and regulations:
A. Such sales shall be conducted only by an owner or
occupant of such residential premises where the sale is to be held,
or by members of the household or family of such owner or occupant
and no permit shall be issued to any person who holds himself out
as being habitually in the business of selling such property at retail.
B. Such sales shall not exceed four in any one calendar
year on the same premises, and shall not extend in duration for more
than three consecutive days for any one sale.
C. No new merchandise acquired solely for the purpose
of resale on the premises shall be sold at such occasional sales.
Garage/yard sales shall be restricted to surplus personal property
accumulated as an incident to residential occupancy of the premises.
D. Nothing herein shall prevent not more than three families
cooperating in holding joint sales on the residential premises of
any one of them provided all such joint participants are named in
the application and permit, and only property permissible in a separate
sale by each of such families is offered for sale.
E. Permit therefor shall be first obtained prior to the
sale by applications that are available at the information desk at
City Hall on forms provided by the City, at no cost.
F. The permit shall be displayed on the premises during
the sale.
G. Signs are strictly prohibited from being located on
utility poles. Signs may be displayed 48 hours prior to actual sale,
and must be removed prior to 5:00 p.m. the last day of the permitted
sale.
Any person, firm or corporation who or which
shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with any of the terms or provisions
of this article or of any regulation or requirement pursuant hereto
and authorized hereby shall, upon conviction thereof, be ordered to
pay a fine of not more than $50.