[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Brookville 9-4-1984 by Ord. No. 894. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Zoning — See Ch. 230.
For the purpose of this chapter, the meaning of terms defined in this section shall be as follows:
GARAGE SALE
Includes the terms "basement sale," "attic sale," "yard sale," "neighborhood sale" and similar terms and shall mean the sale from a lot or parcel on which a residence is located or a lot or parcel which is residentially zoned in the Borough of Brookville of any items of used tangible personal property including, by way of example and without limitation, clothing, household effects, tools, garden implements, toys, recreation equipment, small appliances, books and furniture, if the sale is advertised by publication or by posting of signs or any other method or the public is invited to attend the sale.
LOT OR PARCEL WHICH IS RESIDENTIALLY ZONED
A lot or parcel within a Single-Family Residential District R-1 or General Residential District R-2 as those terms are defined by Chapter 230, Zoning, of the Borough of Brookville Code.
Before a garage sale shall be conducted within the Borough of Brookville, the owner or occupant of the lot or parcel upon which said sale shall be held shall obtain a permit from the Borough Secretary-Treasurer. In addition to any other information which may be required by the Borough Secretary-Treasurer, the permit shall contain the names of the permittee(s) and the beginning and termination dates of the sale.
No more than two permits shall be issued within any calendar year for any lot or parcel to any permittee or to any contributor to a garage sale. At least 60 days must elapse between garage sales on any lot or parcel covered by any permit. Each garage sale shall be limited to three consecutive days of operation.
No permit shall be issued pursuant to this chapter until there has been paid to the Borough of Brookville a permit fee in an amount established from time to time by resolution of the Council of the Borough of Brookville.
All permits for garage sales issued pursuant to this chapter shall be posted on the premises on which the sale is to be conducted for the entire duration of said sale. The permit is to be clearly visible to anyone attending said sale.
The permittee(s) may erect freestanding signs indicating the location of the garage sale and directions to the site of the sale. No signs shall be posted on utility poles or trees located within the right-of-way of any street. No signs shall be posted on private property without the consent and approval of the owner. The permittee(s) shall remove all signs within 24 hours of the termination of the garage sale.
A garage sale permit may be issued only to property owners or occupants. Joint sales may be held with other property owners or occupants of the same neighborhood, provided all other persons participating in said sale are listed on the permit.
No merchandise of any nature shall be offered for sale, displayed or sold at any garage sale except merchandise owned by persons listed on the permit for said sale.
The provisions of this chapter requiring a permit shall not apply to:
A. 
A sale conducted by a church, school, veterans organization, fraternal organization, religious society or other civil or charitable nonprofit organizations.
B. 
Any person selling from any lot or parcel eight or fewer items of tangible personal property owned by said person.
Any person, firm, association or corporation violating any provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600, plus costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 30 days; provided that each violation of this chapter, and each day the same is continued, shall be deemed a separate offense.