[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Hempstead 2-17-1981 by L.L. No. 4-1981.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
General licensing provisions — See Ch. 86.
[1]
Editor's Note: Garage sale provisions were adopted as Art. XI of L.L. No. 4-1981, which law relates as well to Ch. 48, Boardinghouses and Rooming Houses; Ch. 68, Food-Handling Establishments; Ch. 82, Junk Dealers; Ch. 86, Licensing and Business Regulations; Ch. 92, Parking Field Businesses; Ch. 97, Peddlers and Solicitors; Ch. 109, Secondhand Dealers; and Ch. 124, Theaters.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
All sales entitled "garage sale," "tag sale," "lawn sale,"
"attic sale," "rummage sale," "flea market sale" or any similar casual
sale of tangible personal property in an area other than a business
zone where such use is permitted, which sale is advertised by any
means whereby the public at large is or can be made aware of said
sale.
Any goods, merchandise or other property capable of being
the object of a sale regulated hereunder.
Includes individuals, partnerships, voluntary associations,
corporations, etc.
It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct
a garage sale in the Village of Hempstead in an area other than a
business zone where such use is permitted, without first filing with
the Village Clerk the information hereinafter specified and obtaining
from such Village Clerk a license so to do, to be known as a "garage
sale license." The fee for such license is hereby fixed at $15.
Such license shall be issued to any one person
or for any one location only once within a twelve-month period, and
no such license shall be issued for more than two consecutive calendar
days.
Each license issued under this chapter must
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.
Name of persons, firm, group, corporation, association
or organization conducting said sale.
B.
Name of the fee owner of the real property on which
said sale is to be conducted, and consent of the fee owner if the
applicant is other than the fee owner.
C.
Location at which the sale is to be conducted.
D.
Number of days of sale.
E.
Date and nature of any similar sale within the past
12 months.
F.
Relationship or connection the applicant may have
had with any other person, firm, group, organization, association
or corporation conducting any garage sale within the past 12 months
and the date or dates of any such sale.
G.
A statement to the effect that no goods to be offered
for sale were acquired for the purpose of their being offered for
sale at such garage sale.
Any garage sale shall be conducted between the
hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. only, except that on Sundays and
holidays the same shall be conducted between the hours of 12:00 noon
and 6:00 p.m. only.
No more than two signs advertising such sale,
each of which is no larger than 24 inches by 12 inches in size, shall
be permitted. All such signs must be posted on the premises where
such sale is conducted and must contain the name and address of the
person conducting the sale. Said signs must be removed within 24 hours
after the completion of the sale.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply
to or affect the following persons or sales:
A.
Persons selling goods pursuant to an order or process
of a court of competent jurisdiction.
B.
Any person selling and advertising for sale only an
item or items of personal property which are specifically named or
described in the advertisement and which separate items do not exceed
10 in number.
D.
Any bona fide and duly organized 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
such exemption; and provided further, however, that such institution
or organization cannot conduct more than four garage sales in a calendar
year.
[Amended 9-20-2011 by L.L. No. 6-2011]
The person to whom such license is issued and
the fee owner and occupant 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 nor permit vehicles to impede the passage
of traffic on any roads or streets in the area of such premises. All
such persons shall obey the reasonable orders of the Police Department
and Fire Department of the Village of Hempstead in order to maintain
the public health, safety and welfare.
