(a)
No person,
firm or corporation owning or occupying property within the city which
is strictly used for residential purposes shall hold or permit to
be held on the same property more than four (4) garage sales in any
calendar year.
(b)
It is
likewise unlawful for any person, firm or corporation holding or permitting
any one of the two authorized garage sales to permit the same to continue
for a duration in excess of three days consecutively.
(c)
Garage
sale, as that term is used herein, is defined as an offering for sale,
exchange or barter to the general public of merchandise in a garage
or upon the patio, yard or in a building used strictly as a residence
within the corporate limits of the city.
(Ordinance adopting Code)
No personal property owned by others and consigned to the person
offering such property to sell may be displayed, offered for sale
or sold except that up to five persons may combine their property
for sale at a single garage sale.
(Ordinance adopting Code)
One sign shall be permitted to be posted and such sign shall
not exceed two square feet in size. No off-premises signs shall be
permitted along town rights-of-way and on utility poles. Signs may
be posted a maximum of five days prior to the garage sale being held,
and such sign shall be removed within twenty-four hours following
the last day of the sale.
(Ordinance adopting Code)
It shall be permitted that nonprofit organizations and fraternal
organizations shall be exempt as to the number of sales per year as
provided in this article.
(Ordinance adopting Code)
Any person, firm or corporation that violates, disobeys, neglects
or refuses to comply with, or that resists the enforcement of, any
of the provisions of this article shall be fined in accordance with
the general penalty provision found in Section 1.109 of this code.
Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a
separate offense and shall be punishable as such.
(Ordinance adopting Code)
