This article is intended to regulate garage sales, patio sales,
lawn sales and like sales in the city.
(Code 1984, ch. 4, § 4(A))
It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person, business,
enterprise or other entity shall display for purposes of sale, offer
to sell, or sell, used personal property in the city, except as expressly
authorized in this article or by other ordinance of the city.
(Code 1984, ch. 4, § 4(B); Ord. No. 984-04, § 1, 5-11-2004)
All such used personal property so offered for sale shall be
displayed to possible purchasers only on premises belonging to, or
under the control of, the person offering such personal property for
sale.
(Code 1984, ch. 4, § 4(B)(1))
No new personal property except art and handicraft items may
be so displayed, offered for sale or sold.
(Code 1984, ch. 4, § 4(B)(2))
No used personal property owned by others and consigned to the
person offering such property for sale may be displayed, offered for
sale or sold, except that any three persons, each of whom must be
a resident of the city, may combine their property for sale at a single
garage sale.
(Code 1984, ch. 4, § 4(B)(3))
The advertising of a garage sale shall be as provided in section 62-198.
(Code 1984, ch. 4, § 4(B)(4))
(a)
No such
used personal property shall be displayed, offered for sale or sold
before 8:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m. on the days authorized by the
permit. Permits issued shall not exceed a period of three consecutive
days.
(b)
Only
one permit may be issued at a time. Persons wishing to conduct sales
on two consecutive weekends must obtain a new permit after the first
sale is completed.
(Code 1984, ch. 4, § 4(B)(5))
Single-family and two-family residential property. The owner or lessor of any single-family residential or two-family residential lot in the city, upon obtaining the permit required by section 58-89, and subject to the other restrictions of this article and other ordinances of the city, may display, offer for sale, and sell, used personal property, by conducting a garage sale, patio sale, lawn sale or similar sale, as many as four times in any calendar year.
(Code 1984, ch. 4, § 4(B)(6); Ord. No. 984-04, § 2, 5-11-2004; Ord. No. 1270-14, § 1, 5-6-2014)
No person shall display, offer to sell or sell such personal property in the city without first procuring a permit from the city for each sale, at a cost as provided in appendix A, before the beginning of the display offering to sell or selling of such used personal property. Such permit shall be posted upon the sale premises during the sale.
(Code 1984, ch. 4, § 4(B)(7); Ord. No. 1270-14, § 2, 5-6-2014)
Multiple garage sales on the same street at the same time are
allowed as long as each selling location has been issued a permit.
(Code 1984, ch. 4, § 4(B)(8); Ord. No. 1270-14, § 3, 5-6-2014)
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall be fined as provided for in section 1-14, and each day of violation thereof shall constitute a separate offense.
(Code 1984, ch. 4, § 4(B)(9))
It shall be a violation of this article for any church, business,
or any commercial enterprise which to conduct a garage sale, patio
sale, lawn sale or similar sale in the city, more than twice in any
calendar year, except to the extent, if any, expressly permitted otherwise
by other ordinance of the city.
(Ord. No. 984-04, § 3, 5-11-2004; Ord. No. 991-04, § 1, 9-14-2004; Ord. No. 1270-14, § 4, 5-6-2014)
