[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of
the City of Trenton as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Auctioneers — See Ch. 25.
[Adopted 9-7-1967 as § 6-13
of the Revised General Ordinances]
A.
Definition. Garage sales are those sales of furniture
from an individual's home.
B.
Restrictions. Garage sales shall be conducted from
the back yard area of the individual's residence. No furniture shall
be displayed or sold from the front of the residence.
C.
Limited. No more than six garage sales per calendar
year shall be permitted from any one household.
Any individual seeking to conduct a yard sale
or garage sale shall register with the City Clerk's office prior to
conducting such sale.
Block sales/flea markets are those sales of
used furniture and personal household items that are sold by more
than four individuals collectively on the front yards of their residences.
These sales will be limited to a maximum number of four sales per
year. Individuals conducting such sales shall obtain the written approval
of the Police Department and register with the City Clerk's office,
all properties included, by address, for each event 10 days before
the scheduled event.
The City Clerk shall collect a permit fee for
yard sales, garage sales, block sales and flea markets. All license
fees shall be paid in advance by cash, money order, certified check
or bank check at the office of the City Clerk. Personal checks are
prohibited. The following fees are hereby established for such sales:
[Adopted 9-7-1967 as § 5-5.5
of the Revised General Ordinances]
A.
The license for distress sales shall include sales
designated as follows:
B.
Distress sales shall include the sale by anyone of
the goods, wares, chattels or merchandise of another, and/or any and
all sales advertised in such manner as to reasonably convey to the
public that such sale or sales are anticipatory to the termination,
closing, liquidation, wind-up, discontinuance, conclusion or abandonment
of the business in connection with the sale or sales, and that upon
the disposal of the stock of goods on hand the business shall cease
and be discontinued.
The application for a distress sale license,
in addition to all the requirements of this chapter, shall contain
the following information:
A.
A description of the place in which the proposed sale
is to be held.
B.
The nature of the occupancy of such place, whether
by lease or sublease, and the effective date of the termination of
occupancy.
C.
The true name of the owner of the goods to be offered
for sale.
D.
The name of the operator of the sale if the operator
is other than the true owner of the goods proposed to be sold under
the license.
E.
A full and complete itemized inventory of the quantity,
kind and character of goods to be offered for sale, which shall include
a listing of all goods which have been in stock prior to the application
for the license; a listing of all goods which have been ordered and
will be placed in stock during the pendency of the sale; the place
where such stock was purchased or acquired; and if not purchased,
the manner of acquisition and the reason for the urgent and expeditious
disposal of such goods.
No license shall be issued by the City Clerk
to conduct or operate a distress sale until (s)he has investigated
the application for license. If the City Clerk has any reasonable
doubt as to the truth of the statements and representations contained
in the application, (s)he shall not issue the license without the
approval of the City Council.
Any license granted under this article shall
be valid for not more than a period of 60 days and shall not be renewable,
nor shall any other such license be granted to the same person for
a period of one year succeeding the expiration of a previous license.
A duplicate original of the application and inventory pursuant to
which the license was granted shall be available at all times to the
investigators of the City; and the licensee shall permit such investigators
to examine all merchandise on the premises for comparison with the
inventory. In the event that the sale or sales extend beyond a period
of 30 days, the inventory as attached to the application, on or before
the expiration of the thirty-day period, shall be revised and the
items on the list disposed of during the period shall be noted thereon.
Suitable books and records shall be kept by the licensee and shall
be available at all times to the investigators of the City.
No licensee under this article shall add to
and include in any distress sale any goods, wares, merchandise or
chattels other than those which were listed in the inventory filed
with the application for license.
