For the purpose of this article, the following term shall mean:
Any occasional sale of personal property items, including
rummage sales and yard sales.
(Ordinance 2018-19 adopted 7/12/18)
No person shall conduct a garage sale within the city without
first filing with the city an application for a permit for the garage
sale. There shall be no permit fee for four garage sales per calendar
year. Two additional garage sales shall be allowed with a permit fee
of $25.00 per garage sale. The permit which shall be prominently displayed
on the premises, shall contain the name of the person who will conduct
the sale, the address at which the sale will be held and the dates
on which the sale will be held . Participation in a citywide garage
sale event shall not count toward the maximum number of garage sales
allowed at a location within a calendar year.
(Ordinance 2018-19 adopted 7/12/18)
(a)
No person
other than the occupant shall conduct a garage sale. No person shall
conduct a garage sale if such a sale has been conducted on the same
property or premises within the period of three (3) months immediately
preceding the date of the commencement of the proposed sale except
that in the event there has been a change of occupancy upon the property
or premises then the new occupant shall be permitted to hold one (1)
garage sale on the property or premises within the above referenced
three-month period.
(b)
No person
shall sell or offer for sale at a garage sale merchandise other than
used and discarded items of personal property belonging to the occupant.
The occupant may allow the neighbors to sell their items at the occupant’s
garage sale provided the majority of all of the items to be sold are
owned by the occupant.
(Ordinance 2018-19 adopted 7/12/18)
No garage sale shall be conducted for a period in excess of
seventy-two (72) consecutive hours. In the event the person who is
issued a permit does not hold the garage sale on the days for which
the sale was originally permitted, he/she may return the paperwork
to the city on or before the first working day after the originally
permitted sale date and reschedule the sale for a date not more than
sixty (60) days after the originally permitted date.
(Ordinance 2018-19 adopted 7/12/18)
Garage sales may only be held between the hours of 8:00 a.m.
and 7:00 p.m.
(Ordinance 2018-19 adopted 7/12/18)
Personal property offered for sale may be displayed within the
residence, in a garage, carport, and/or in the yard of the property;
and only in such areas. No property offered for sale shall be displayed
in any public right-of-way, sidewalk, alley, or street.
(Ordinance 2018-19 adopted 7/12/18)
All off-premises signs advertising the garage sale shall be
in compliance with the city’s sign ordinance. A maximum of two
(2) on-premises signs may be placed within the property of the sale.
No on- or off-premises sign shall be placed in the public right-of-way.
Signs found within the city which are unlawfully posted upon utility
poles, regulatory signs or posts, or are placed on sidewalks, in the
right-of-way, or any other area not allowed by this article, are hereby
declared a nuisance to public safety, as they detract from the driving
public’s attention to traffic signals as well as other vehicular
and pedestrian traffic. Police officers may summarily remove posted
signs as evidence of unlawful activity in preparation for prosecution.
If no prosecutorial action is taken, the signs may be destroyed.
(Ordinance 2018-19 adopted 7/12/18)
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall
be deemed guilty of a violation and, upon conviction, shall be fined
not less than $25.00 nor more than $500.00, excluding court costs
and assessments.
(Ordinance 2018-19 adopted 7/12/18)
