[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Runnemede 10-1-1991 by Ord. No. 91-6 (Ch. 67 of the 1970 Code).
Amendments noted where applicable.]
The following terms, wherever used herein or
referred to in this chapter, shall have the respective meanings assigned
to them unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
Includes all sales known as "yard sales," "attic sales,"
"rummage sales" or "flea market sales" and any similar casual sales
of tangible personal property which are advertised by any means whereby
the public at large is or can be made aware of said sale.
Any person or persons, firm, association, partnership, club
or corporation.
No person shall conduct a garage sale in the
Borough of Runnemede without having first obtained a license to do
so from the Borough Clerk. The provisions of this chapter shall not
apply to or affect the following persons or sales:
A.
Persons selling goods pursuant to any order of any
court of competent jurisdiction.
B.
Any sale conducted by a merchant or other business establishment from a place of business where sales are permitted by Chapter 395, Zoning, of the Code of the Borough of Runnemede or permitted as a nonconforming use.
C.
Any bona fide religious, educational or charitable
institution or organization or governmental agency.
A.
An application for a sale under this chapter shall
be filed with the Borough Clerk on a form furnished by the Borough
Clerk, together with the appropriate fee therefor.
B.
The application for a sale to be conducted under this
chapter shall be filed with the Borough Clerk not later than two weeks
before said sale.
C.
The application shall state the following:
(1)
The name and address of the person conducting said
sale.
(2)
The name and address of the owner of the property
on which said sale is to be conducted, together with the written consent
of such owner if the applicant is other than the owner.
(3)
The location on the property at which the sale is
to be conducted.
(4)
The date said sale is to take place, along with a
rain date.
(5)
The date and nature of any past sale conducted by
the applicant within the Borough of Runnemede.
A license fee of $5 shall be paid for each sale
conducted under this chapter and shall be paid with the application.
In the event that the sale does not take place for any reason, the
license fee shall not be refunded.
No license shall be issued to any person more
than once in any six-month period, and no license shall be issued
for any location within the Borough of Runnemede more than once in
any six-month period.
The license issued hereunder shall authorize
the holding of a garage sale for not more than one calendar day, except
that a license may authorize the holding of a garage sale on a second
day if rain or inclement weather prevents such sale from being held
on the first designated day.
Garage sales licensed under this chapter shall
not commence before 9:00 a.m. and shall terminate by 6:00 p.m.
Garage sales shall offer for sale only used
personal property owned by the person conducting the garage sale or
by the owner of the property on which the sale is conducted. No new
merchandise shall be offered for sale.
The license issued hereunder shall be prominently
displayed on the premises upon which the garage sale is conducted
throughout the entire period of the sale.
The person to whom a license is issued and the
owner and/or tenant of the premises on which the garage sale is conducted
shall be jointly and severally responsible for the maintenance of
good order on the premises during the hours in which a garage sale
is conducted. No such person shall permit any loud or boisterous conduct
on said premises nor permit vehicles to impede the passage of traffic
on any streets in the vicinity of such premises. All such persons
shall obey the reasonable orders of any member of the Police or Fire
Department of the Borough of Runnemede in order to maintain the public
health, safety and welfare. All licensed premises shall be subject
to reasonable rules as may be made from time to time by the Mayor
and Council of the Borough of Runnemede and shall be subject to inspection
by the Construction Code Official, Chief of Police and Fire Chief
or any of their agents or duly authorized representatives.
