For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions
shall apply:
DAYLIGHT HOURS
From one-half hour after sunrise to one-half hour before
sunset.
HOUSEHOLD
All persons lawfully residing in the same dwelling unit.
PERSONAL PROPERTY
That property which is owned, utilized and maintained by
members of a household where said sale is being held and which may
have been acquired in the normal course of occupying or maintaining
a household and shall not include items purchased for resale, obtained
on consignment or owned by any person from outside the immediate area
where said sale is being held; however, neighbors shall be considered
as being from the immediate area.
TAG SALES
All general sales open to the public conducted on residential
premises for the purposes of disposing of personal property and shall
include but not be limited to all sales known as "tag," "garage,"
"lawn," "yard," "attic," "porch," "room," "backyard," "patio," "rummage,"
and "estate" or its equivalent.
No person shall sell or offer for sale, at any tag sale, any
property other than personal property. The sale of food, drink, animals,
firearms or ammunition, hazardous materials, or any other goods the
sale of which is restricted by Massachusetts General Law is prohibited.
Personal property offered for sale at any tag sale shall be
displayed only on private property. No personal property offered for
sale at any tag sale shall be displayed in any public right-of-way.
Signs promoting tag sales shall not be erected more than two
days prior to any tag sale, and shall be removed not more than 24
hours after the close of any tag sale. No sign promoting any tag sale
shall exceed four square feet on each side. (This section does not
exclude people from violation of any other state law or Town ordinance
relating to signs.) No signs shall be posted within the legal layout
of a public way.
The Chief of Police, the Chief of the Fire Department, or persons
authorized by either of them, shall have the right to enter onto private
property for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter.
Where a tag sale is being conducted, the Chief of Police or
persons authorized by him/her may enforce temporary parking restrictions
necessary to the safe and orderly flow of traffic and the passage
of emergency vehicles. Parking shall be allowed only on the side of
the road where the sale is located, unless the Chief of Police determines,
in writing, for public safety, parking be on the other side of the
road. Vehicles must be parked facing the direction in which that vehicle
would be normally traveling.