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Scott City, MO
Scott County
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[Ord. No. 141 §1, 11-19-1984]
GARAGE SALE
All general sales open to the public, for the purpose of disposing of personal tangible property by one (1) or more individuals, for which no business license has been granted. The definition includes, but is not limited to, all sales entitled "garage," "lawn," "yard," "attic," "porch," "room," "back yard," "flea market," or "rummage" sale. This definition shall not include a situation where no more than five (5) specific items are held out for sale and all advertisement of such sales specifically name those items to be sold.
[Ord. No. 141 §2, 11-19-1984]
It is unlawful for any individual to sell or offer for sale, under authority granted by this Chapter, property other than personal tangible property.
[Ord. No. 141 §4, 11-19-1984; Ord. No. 1000 §1, 7-7-2014]
No more than four (4) garage sales shall be allowed per calendar year, and each garage sale shall not exceed three (3) consecutive days.
[Ord. No. 1000 §2, 7-7-2014]
Any tables, chairs or tangible personal property being sold at a garage sale shall be located fifteen (15) feet from the edge of the street pavement, so as not to interfere with vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
[Ord. No. 141 §4, 11-19-1984]
No person conducting any such garage sale shall willfully or maliciously tack, wire, tie or affix any card, poster, bill, streamer, announcement or other advertising matter concerning said garage sale upon any tree, shrub, post, pole, pier, or abutment of any telegraph, telephone, electric light and power, or radio broadcasting company; nor shall any person injure, molest or destroy any of the lines, insulators, wires, posts, poles, piers, or abutments of any such company used in or about the transmission of dispatchers, radio programs or other communications, or in the transmission of electricity for light or power purposes.
[Ord. No. 141 §5, 11-19-1984]
Persons conducting garage sales may tack, wire, tie or affix cards, posters, bills, streamers, announcements, or other advertising matter concerning said garage sale upon their own private property or upon private property of another, with that person's consent. In addition, persons conducting such garage sales may advertise on any billboards provided by the City for that specific purpose. However, all boards, posters, bills, streamers, announcements or other advertising matter displayed in conformity with this Chapter may not be displayed more than twenty-four (24) hours prior to the commencement of the garage sale and must be removed within twenty-four (24) hours after the completion of the garage sale.
[Ord. No. 141 §6, 11-19-1984]
Any person conducting any sale in violation of the provisions of this Chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.