Garage sales may be conducted under the following regulations:
A. A garage or yard sale shall consist of the public offering of goods
for sale of more than five items in number from private property of
up to four consecutive days in duration.
[Amended 4-13-1993]
B. A garage or yard sale, as defined herein, may be held five times
during any calendar year from an occupied residence within the Town
of Somerset outside the Village of Barker. The holding of more than
five such sales from any property in the Town in any one calendar
year shall constitute a business and is not permitted by this regulation.
[Amended 4-13-1993]
C. No permit shall be required for conducting up to five yard or garage
sales in any one year.
D. All garage sales shall be conducted during daylight hours.
E. A sign not greater than two by two feet by two feet may be installed
on the property where the sale is being conducted, which sign shall
be removed within 24 hours after completion of the sale.
F. The person/persons conducting the sale shall be responsible for the
maintenance of good order and decorum on the premises during all hours
of the sale or activity. No such person shall permit any loud or boisterous
conduct on said premises or permit vehicles to impede the passage
of traffic on any roads or streets in the area of such premises.
[Amended 4-13-1993]
G. Persons and sales exempted shall be as follows:
(1) Persons selling goods pursuant to an order of process of a court
of competent jurisdiction.
(2) Persons acting in accordance with their powers and duties as public
officials.
(3) Any person selling or advertising for sale an item or items of personal
property which are specifically named or described in the advertisement
and which separate items do not exceed five in number.
[Amended 6-10-1980; 9-10-1996 by L.L. No. 2-1996; 8-8-2000 by L.L. No.
3-2000]
A. All ponds (farm and other types) and similar excavation work carried out in the Town of Somerset not covered in §
205-46 will require a special use permit to be issued by the Zoning Board of Appeals. Said permits shall run with the property and be unlimited in duration unless the Zoning Board of Appeals, in its discretion, limits the transfer or duration of said permit.
B. All ponds existing under current special use permits issued by the
Planning Board shall forthwith be deemed to be unlimited in duration
and run with the property unless the Zoning Board of Appeals, by December
31, 2000, and after a public hearing; issues a decision limiting the
transfer or duration.
C. Boundaries. All ponds and excavations must be a minimum of 200 feet
from all street rights-of-way and 100 feet from property lines and
shall not be excavated on a lot of less than 10 acres.
D. Owners of property upon which ponds, excavations, quarries and gravel
pits exist, excavated or formed by natural causes, shall be responsible
for the posting of no-trespassing signs.