[CC 1989 §12-152]
A. 
The following terms, phrases and words, together with their normal derivations, shall have the definitions hereinafter set forth:
GARAGE SALE
A sale of goods for profit, offered to the public by a person, conducted at a single-family, a two-family or a mufti-family residential dwelling and shall include, but not be limited to, the terms yard sale, patio sale, moving sale and rummage sale.
GOODS
Any wares, merchandise, articles or other tangible personal property capable of being the object of a garage sale regulated hereunder. Items that are subject to sales tax or that have been purchased for resale are excluded.
PERSON
Any individual, group of individuals, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any nature whatsoever.
B. 
Except as hereinafter provided, permitted and allowed, it shall be unlawful for any person to conduct a garage sale within the City.
C. 
Any person proposing to conduct a garage sale shall first obtain a permit for such garage sale from the City Clerk. The City Clerk shall issue such permit, after application, only in accordance with the terms and conditions contained in this Article, upon payment of the required permit fee to the City Collector, with such permit fee being set and specified as one dollar ($1.00) for each permit.
D. 
The application for any garage sale permit shall be signed by the applicant therefor and shall contain the following information:
1. 
The name, address and telephone number, if any, of the applicant and the vendors at such proposed garage sale.
2. 
The date or inclusive dates of the proposed garage sale.
3. 
The exact street address location of the proposed garage sale.
4. 
The previous date or dates within the calendar year for which application is made during which the person submitting the application for a permit had previously conducted a garage sale or sales.
E. 
The following regulations shall apply regarding the issuance of garage sale permits and the conduct of any garage sale by a person to whom a garage sale permit is issued:
1. 
No garage sale permit shall be issued to any person who has previously been granted three (3) separate garage sale permits, regardless of the location of such garage sales, within the calendar year for which application is then made.
2. 
No more than three (3) garage sales may be permitted at any single location during any calendar year.
3. 
No more than three (3) permits may be issued to the same person, and no more than three (3) garage sales may be permitted at any single location, unless an interval of at least thirty (30) consecutive days shall transpire between the proposed effective dates of such permits.
4. 
No garage sale permit may be transferable, refundable or renewable.
5. 
No garage sale permit shall be issued for a period extending beyond three (3) consecutive days duration.
6. 
No person shall erect, place, post or mark any sign advertising a garage sale on any public property, signs, posts or poles. Any sign erected on private property advertising a garage sale shall be removed by the person permitted to conduct such garage sale on or before the last day of the garage sale advertised upon such sign. Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, any sign advertising a garage sale may not be posted sooner than two (2) days next preceding the commencement of such garage sale and may not be larger than two (2) feet by three (3) feet in dimension.
7. 
Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, in the event that any permitted garage sale shall be delayed by rain or other inclement weather, then such garage sale, upon written request of the permittee thereof, may be permitted upon any date or dates within the ten (10) day period immediately following the last date upon which such garage sale was originally permitted. Any extension of a garage sale permit herein authorized because of rain or other inclement weather shall be within the sole discretion of the City Clerk who shall endorse upon the original permit the new date or dates upon which such a garage sale shall be permitted. The decision of the City Clerk upon any such extension of the validity of a garage sale permit because of rain or other inclement weather shall be final.