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Application for a license required by this article shall be made in writing to the city clerk, on forms to be provided. The application shall be signed by the applicant and shall set forth the name and address of the person proposing to engage in such business and, if the applicant is a corporation, the names and addresses of the officers of such corporation. The application shall also set forth the location of the premises where Christmas trees will be sold, and proof shall be furnished that the person to whom such license is to be issued is the holder of a sales tax license, as required by the provisions of Act No. 167 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1933 (MCL 205.51 et seq., MSA 7.521 et seq.), as amended.
(Ord. No. 81-98, § 2, 11-4-81)
The applicant for a license under this article shall pay a license fee for each location where the sale of Christmas trees is conducted, and the license fee is maintained in Section 12-6 of this Chapter. Such applicant shall also make a cash deposit with the city of $150.00 for each location for the purpose of guaranteeing the cleaning up of the premises and removal of any unsold trees or debris therefrom within 15 days after Christmas of the year in which the permit was taken out. Merchants and property owners who pay personal property taxes to the city and sell Christmas trees on a lot adjacent to their place of business will be granted a license for one-third of the total fee in Section 12-6 of this Chapter.
(Ord. No. 81-98, § 3, 11-4-81; Ord. No. 88-425, § 1402, 8-3-88; Ord. No. 22-1724, 2-8-22)
It shall be the duty of each licensee under this article to clean up the premises where his Christmas tree sales business was conducted within 15 days after Christmas and remove all leftover trees, branches, paper, waste and debris therefrom. The licensee's cash deposit shall not be refunded until after certification by the city clerk that the premises have been properly cleaned up, and that the licensee has paid the sales tax applicable to his Christmas tree sales business under the provisions of Act No. 167 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1933 (MCL 205.51 et seq., MSA 7.521 et seq.), as amended. If the premises are not properly cleaned up as herein required within 15 days after Christmas, the city may cause such premises to be cleaned up, and the costs thereof shall be certified by the city clerk to the director of finance, and such costs shall be deducted from the cash deposit before refund to the licensee. Such cash deposit, or the balance thereof, shall be refunded within 30 days after certification by the city clerk.
(Ord. No. 81-98, § 5, 11-4-81)
ARTICLE V. - GARAGE SALES AND SIDEWALK SALES
DIVISION 1. - GARAGE SALES
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Garage sale, lawn sale, attic sale, rummage sale or flea market sale shall mean any sale of tangible personal property not otherwise regulated in city ordinances, advertised by any means whereby the public at large is or can be made aware of such sale.
Goods shall mean any goods, warehouse merchandise or other property capable of being the object of a sale regulated under this article.
Online advertising shall mean an optional fee-based online garage sale database with a map that will be used to display and advertise all licensed garage sales occurring in Dearborn. The registry will be available to the public, and will be published and maintained on the City Clerk’s website. The fee shall be charged per license. Garage sales will be advertised for up seven (7) days prior to the last date of the garage sale license and will only display the address and date range for each licensed garage sale event.
(Ord. No. 81-108, § 1, 11-4-81; Ord. No. 96-662, 3-20-96; Ord. No. 22-1725, 1-25-22)
Cross reference— Definitions and rules of construction generally, § 1-2.
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