(A) The conduct of general retail sales or commercial activities in residential areas is, except as is otherwise expressly authorized under this code, prohibited.
(B) Garage sales are permitted only insofar as they are conducted consistent with the limitations set forth below.
(1) Not more than two garage sales shall be conducted on the premises in any calendar year; provided, however, that, a third garage sale shall be permitted if satisfactory proof of a bona fide change in ownership of the real property is first presented to the Clerk or Clerk's duly authorized representative. No single sale shall be conducted for longer than two consecutive weekends or 72 hours, whichever is lesser. Garage sales may be conducted during daylight hours only.
(2) Personal property offered for sale at a garage sale may be displayed on a driveway, in a garage and/or in a rear yard, but only in those areas. No personal property offered for sale at a garage sale shall be displayed in any front yard area or in any public right-of-way.
(3) Except as provided below, signs used in conjunction with garage sales shall be displayed only on the premises upon which the garage sale is conducted. Two off-site directional signs may be permitted by the Clerk; provided that, the premises upon which the garage sale is conducted is not on a major thoroughfare, and written permission to erect the signs is received from the property owners on whose property the signs are to be placed. Signs may be displayed only during the hours the garage sale is actively being conducted and must be removed at the close of the garage sale activities or by the end of daylight, whichever first occurs each day. No signs may be placed in the public right-of-way.
(4) A non-profit organization or association of persons may conduct a garage sale at the residence of one or more of its members pursuant to all of the requirements of this article. One garage sale may be held per year without the sale being deemed one chargeable to the premises in question for the purposes of applying the two sales per year limitation set forth in subsection (A)(1) above.
(5) No garage sale shall be held so as to include more than one residence or parcel as the site of sale unless a permit is first obtained from the Clerk or his or her authorized representative.
(1989 Code, § 11-101; 2003 Code, § 4-7.2)