[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Council of the Village of Ridgewood 5-11-1992
by Ord. No. 2358. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Includes all sales in residential zones of the Village of Ridgewood
under the following categories: garage sale, lawn sale, attic sale,
rummage sale, flea market sale, estate sale or any casual sale of tangible
personal property which is advertised by any means where the public at large
is or can be made aware of said sale.
Includes any goods, merchandise or other property capable of being
the object of a sale regulated hereunder.
Includes individuals, partnerships, voluntary associations and corporations.
It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct a garage sale within the Village of Ridgewood without first obtaining a permit therefor from the Village Clerk. The fee for such permit shall be as set forth in Chapter 145, Fees, per garage sale. No garage sale shall be licensed for more than two days, which shall be consecutive. No person shall conduct more than two garage sales in any one calendar year. No premises shall be the subject of more than two garage sales in any one calendar year.
Each license issued pursuant to the terms of this chapter is required
to be prominently displayed on the premises upon which the garage sale is
conducted throughout the entire period of the licensed sale.
The information to be filed with the Village Clerk, pursuant to this
chapter, shall be as follows:
A.
The name of the person, firm, group, corporation, association
or organization conducting the sale.
B.
The name of owner of the property on which said sale
is to be conducted, and consent of owner if applicant is other than owner.
C.
The location at which the sale is to be conducted.
D.
The number of days of sale (not to exceed two days).
E.
The date and nature of any past sale.
F.
The relationship or connection the applicant may have
had with any other person, firm, group, organization, association or corporation
conducting said sale and the date or dates of such sales.
G.
Whether or not applicant has been issued any other vendor's
license by any local, state or federal agency.
H.
The number, nature and location of signs.
I.
A sworn statement or affirmation by the person signing
that the information therein given is full and true and known to him to be
so.
All garage sales shall be conducted between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and
sundown.
Temporary signs are permitted only on the days of the sale and only
on the premises on which the sale is to take place. No temporary signs are
permitted on public property or within any public right-of-way or sidewalk.
This requirement extends to trees, telephone poles and street or traffic signs.
All temporary signs are to be removed simultaneously with the ending of the
sale. No more than two signs advertising the garage sale shall be permitted
on the premises, and no sign shall be more than four square feet in size.
The following persons and sales shall be excepted:
A.
Persons selling goods pursuant to an order or process
of a court of competent jurisdiction.
B.
Persons acting in accordance with their powers and duties
as public officials.
C.
Any person selling or advertising for sale an item or
items of personal property which are specifically named or described in the
advertisement and which separate items do not exceed five in number.
D.
Any sale conducted by any merchant or mercantile or other business establishment from or at a place of business wherein such sale would be permitted by Chapter 190, Land Use and Development, of the Code of the Village of Ridgewood or under the protection of the nonconforming use section thereof, or any other sale conducted by a manufacturer, dealer or vendor and which sale would be conducted from properly zoned premises and not otherwise prohibited in the ordinances.
E.
Any bona fide charitable, eleemosynary, educational, cultural or governmental institution or organization; provided, however, that the burden of establishing the exemption under this subsection shall be on the organization or institution claiming the exemption. Any such sale shall be conducted only on the premises owned or occupied for exempt purposes by the exempt organization. This exclusion shall not exclude the organizations set forth herein from complying with the provisions of the solicitation ordinance of the Village of Ridgewood, Chapter 218, Peddling and Soliciting.
This chapter may be enforced by any officer of the Village of Ridgewood,
including the Department of Police and the Department of Buildings and Inspections.
It shall be the duty of such officer to investigate any reported violation.
The person to whom such license is issued and the owner or tenant of
the premises on which such sale or activity is conducted shall be jointly
and severally responsible for the maintenance of good order and decorum on
the premises during all hours of such sale or activity. No such person shall
permit any loud or boisterous conduct on said premises or permit vehicles
to impede the passage of traffic on any roads or streets in the area of such
premises.
