[CC 1988 §11.2-1; Ord. No. 2691 §1, 8-18-1980; Ord. No. 2710 §1, 8-17-1981; Ord. No. 3451 §1, 3-5-2001; Ord. No. 3743 §1, 9-17-2007; Ord. No. 3971 §§1 — 2, 3-18-2013]
A. All so-called
"garage sales" or other sales involving the offering for sale of multiple
items of personal property on property occupied as a residence shall
be subject to the following rules and regulations:
1. No person
shall advertise, conduct, carry on or permit any garage, patio, yard
or rummage sale on the grounds of or within any dwelling, within the
City, on consignment.
2. Two
(2) signs of a size no larger than eighteen (18) by twenty-four (24)
shall be allowed to be displayed on the property of the premises where
the garage sale, yard sale or estate sale is being conducted. No other
signage is permitted, including those signs defined as Bandit or Snipe
signs. Such signs shall be erected no more than three (3) days prior
to the sale and removed at the end of the last day upon which the
sale is held.
3. Not
more than five (5) such sales per calendar year shall be held at the
premises if occupied by the same family or any member of such family,
nor shall more than one (1) of any such five (5) sales be held within
one thirty (30) day period.
4. Any
sale conducted pursuant to these provisions shall be confined to a
period not to exceed two (2) days.
5. Any
person conducting a sale shall be required to obtain a permit from
the City. Applications for such a permit may be obtained at the De
Soto City Hall and shall be accompanied by a permit fee in the amount
of two dollars fifty cents ($2.50).
6. Any
person violating any of these provisions shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined a sum of
thirty-nine dollars fifty cents ($39.50) for a first (1st) offense,
forty-nine dollars fifty cents ($49.50) for a second (2nd) offense
and seventy-four dollars fifty cents ($74.50) for a third (3rd) offense.
Each day during which any violation continues or exists shall be deemed
to be a separate violation.
[CC 1988 11.2-2; Ord. No. 2691 §2, 8-18-1980; Ord. No. 2710 §2, 8-17-1981]
Any person conducting a garage sale or other sale involving
the offering for sale of multiple items of personal property on property
occupied as a residence shall be required to obtain a permit therefor
from the City. Applications for such permit may be obtained from De
Soto City Hall and shall be accompanied by a permit fee in the amount
of two dollars fifty cents ($2.50).
[CC 1988 §11.2-3; Ord. No. 2691 §4, 8-18-1980]
The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to or affect
persons selling goods pursuant to an order of process of a court of
competent jurisdiction or persons acting in accordance with their
powers and duties as public officials.
[CC 1988 §11.2-4; Ord. No. 2691 §3, 8-18-1980]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Chapter shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall
be fined a sum not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00). Each day
during which any violation of this Chapter continues or exists shall
be deemed to be a separate violation.