No person or homeowner association shall display, offer for sale, or sell personal property at a garage sale without first obtaining a permit therefor from the City Clerk. The applicant may conduct the first sale at no charge and the fee for each subsequent sale will be set forth in Chapter
133, Fees, of the City Code. At the time of submission of the application, the applicant must show proof of liability insurance coverage in the minimum amount of $350,000. Homeowner associations must have liability insurance coverage in the minimum amount of $500,000.
No person or homeowner association shall hold, on his or her
residential property, more than four sales per calendar year with
the first one being free. Each garage sale shall be restricted to
three weekend days; Friday, Saturday and Sunday. A person or homeowner
association may come to the City Clerk's office on the Thursday
before the sale date to request a rain date. The rain date can be
any other weekend.
No person or homeowner association shall hold a garage sale
other than during the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to or affect
the following:
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.
Upon issuance of a garage sale permit, the City Clerk will issue
a yard sign with the City Seal, the property address where sale is
to be held and the permit number. The size of this sign shall be 14 1/2
inches in height and 23 inches long. In addition, the City Clerk will
issue no more than 10 temporary smaller signs of no more than 12 square
inches in area for placement off the premises. These smaller signs
will have the City Seal and the location, days and time of the garage
sale. All temporary signage must be taken down no later than 6:00
p.m. on the Monday following the sale date.
All persons and/or homeowners associations that do not display
an authorized yard sign issued by the City Clerk's office will
be subject to having the license inspected by the New Rochelle Police
Department.