As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
GARAGE OR YARD SALE
All sales entitled "garage sale," "lawn sale," "rummage sale"
or "flea market" or any similar casual sale of tangible personal property
which is advertised by any means whereby the public at large is or
can be made aware of said sale.
GOODS
Any goods or other property capable of being the object of
a sale regulated hereunder.
PERSON
Individuals, partnerships, voluntary associations and corporations
listed as owner(s) of a lot shown on the Official Tax Map of the City
of Estell Manor.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. III)]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. III)]
It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct a garage sale
in the City of Estell Manor more than three days per week and four
times within a twelve-month period, for each lot shown on the Official
Tax Map of the City of Estell Manor; or otherwise in violation of
any other local, state or federal law.
The following rules and regulations shall apply to all garage
sales duly licensed under this chapter:
A. All garage sales shall be conducted only between the hours of 9:00
a.m. and 7:00 p.m., prevailing time, during the months of June, July
and August, and between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., prevailing
time, during all other months.
B. No signs for advertising or directing customers shall be posted on
any other than the premises of the sale. Two signs three feet by three
feet in size shall be allowed, which shall not be placed on the premises
earlier than one week prior to the sale and must be removed immediately
upon termination of the sale.
C. The owner or tenant of the premises on which such sale or activity
is conducted shall be jointly and severally responsible for the maintenance
of good order and decorum on the premises during all hours of such
sale activity. No such person shall permit any loud or boisterous
conduct on said premises nor permit vehicles to impede the passage
of traffic on any roads.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. III)]
D. It shall be unlawful for any person to offer for sale mattresses,
bed springs, cots, lounges and sofas in any yard sale authorized under
this chapter without first complying with the appropriate sections
of N.J.S.A. 26:10-1 through 26:10-18 with respect to the labeling,
sterilizing and disinfecting of said mattresses, bed springs, cots,
lounges and sofas.
E. No refrigerator or ice box having a capacity of 1 1/2 cubic
feet or more with an attached lid or door which may be opened and
fastened shut by means of an attached latch, lock or other similar
device shall be displayed, offered for sale or sold at a garage sale
unless the attached lid or door shall first be removed and detached
therefrom.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to or affect
the following persons or sales:
A. Persons selling pursuant to an order or process of a court of competent
jurisdiction.
B. Persons acting in accordance with their powers and duties as public
officials.
C. Any persons 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. Repeated sales
under this subsection by such person may be evidence of a violation
of this chapter.
D. Any publisher of a newspaper, magazine or other publication or other
communication media who publishes or broadcasts in good faith without
knowledge of its false, deceptive or misleading character or without
knowledge that the provisions of this chapter have not been complied
with.
E. Any sale conducted in the usual course of an activity for which a
license has been otherwise issued pursuant to the other ordinances
of this City.