[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village
of Bellerose 7-25-1977 by L.L. No.
5-1977.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Secondhand dealers — See Ch. 172.
[1]
Editor's Note: Pursuant to L.L. No. 1-1976 which established
the Code, the provisions of this chapter were originally designated as Ch.
93.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to conduct a garage sale within the Incorporated Village of Bellerose without first obtaining a permit therefor and without complying with the regulations set forth in § 115-3 of this chapter.
The permit required by this chapter shall be issued by the Clerk of
the Incorporated Village of Bellerose upon application made in person and
upon payment of such permit fee as shall be set by the Board of Trustees of
the Incorporated Village of Bellerose. Each license so issued shall set forth
the name of the person conducting such garage sale and the address at which
such sale will be conducted, together with the date for which such sale is
scheduled. The Clerk of the Incorporated Village of Bellerose shall keep a
register of such permits applied for and issued and shall issue no more than
one permit for a garage sale to be conducted within the Incorporated Village
of Bellerose on any given date, it being the intention of the Board of Trustees
to limit the number of garage sales scheduled to be held within the Incorporated
Village of Bellerose on any given date to one such sale. The Village Clerk
shall issue permits for garage sales in the order in which applications for
such sales are received, so that the first application received by the Village
Clerk for any particular date during the course of the year shall be entitled
to a preference in the issuance of a permit for the holding of a garage sale
on that date. The Village Clerk shall reject any application made to him for
a garage sale permit which shall be received by him more than 15 days prior
to the date on which such garage sale is scheduled to be held.
The following regulations shall apply to all garage sales held within
the Incorporated Village of Bellerose:
A.
The term "garage sale" is defined as any public sale
of personal property in the residential area of the Incorporated Village of
Bellerose but shall not include any such sale held by a charitable, religious
or civic organization active within the Incorporated Village of Bellerose
which shall have received a recognition of such status from the Board of Trustees
of the Incorporated Village of Bellerose.
B.
Garage sales shall not commence before 10:00 a.m. and
must terminate by 5:00 p.m.
C.
No more than two garage sales shall be held at any address
in any one calendar year.
D.
Every permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this
chapter shall be valid for one day only, and a permit issued pursuant to the
provisions of this chapter for a second garage sale at the same address on
a consecutive date shall constitute a permit for a second garage sale.
E.
Garage sales shall offer only used, unwanted items of
personal property owned by the resident of the property where the sale is
held. No new merchandise shall be offered for sale, nor may new merchandise
from other sources be brought in and offered for sale.
F.
Garage sales may be advertised through newspapers or
other news media. A sign, not greater than two feet by two feet, may be installed
on the property where the sale is being conducted, but only during the conduct
of such sale. No sign shall be placed on any public street or on any property
other than that where the sale is being conducted. No illuminated signs shall
be used. The sign shall be displayed only during the sale and shall be removed
promptly after the sale.
By the adoption of this chapter, it is not the intention of the Board
of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Bellerose to change or to amend
the zoning provisions of the Code of the Incorporated Village of Bellerose.
Whoever shall violate or fail to comply with any of the provisions of
this chapter shall be fined not more than $150, and each day that such violation
continues shall constitute a separate offense.
