[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Nutley 6-18-1974 by Ord. No. 1817 (Ch. 129 of the 1978 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Secondhand dealers — See Ch. 569.
For the purpose of this chapter, certain words and terms used herein are defined as follows:
GARAGE SALES
All sales entitled or commonly known as "garage sale," "lawn sale," "attic sale," "rummage sale," "flea market sale" or any similar casual sale of tangible personal property which is advertised by any means whereby the public at large is or can be made aware of said sale.
GOODS
Any personal property, warehouse merchandise or other property capable of being the object of a sale regulated hereunder.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, volunteer association or profit or nonprofit corporation.
[Amended 12-4-2007 by Ord. No. 3038]
It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct a garage sale in the Township of Nutley without first applying for a permit from the Code Enforcement Department. The fee for such a permit is hereby fixed at $10.
Permits required hereunder shall be issued to any person only once within a twelve-month period, and no such permit shall be issued for more than two consecutive calendar days. Unless such sale is held within two months of the date of permit, such permit shall expire by limitation. Charitable and religious and civic organizations may be allowed more than one permit with the approval of the Board of Commissioners. Each permit issued must be properly displayed on the premises on which the garage sale is conducted.
[Amended 5-15-1979 by Ord. No. 1973]
All persons are prohibited from erecting signs which are not in accordance with Chapter 700, Zoning. Such signs shall be removed within 24 hours after the completion of the sale.
This chapter shall be enforced by the Building Inspector. It shall be the duty of the Police Department of the Township of Nutley[1] to bring to the attention of the Building Inspector for further investigation any violation of this chapter of which it may become aware during the course of its normal duties.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 131, Police Department.
[Amended 5-15-1979 by Ord. No. 1973]
Any person conducting any such sale or similar activity without first applying for and obtaining a permit or who shall violate any of the other regulations of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $500 or be imprisoned for a period not to exceed 90 days, or both, for each violation. Each day that such sale shall continue without the required permit shall be considered a separate violation.