(A) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
(1) GARAGE SALE. Any sale of used merchandise owned by the person conducting the sale or his immediate family, and sold at his place of residence.
(2) RUMMAGE SALE. A sale of donated articles by a civic, charitable, or religious organization in a shopping center or other public area serving the public generally.
(B) No person or organization shall conduct a garage sale or rummage sale as herein defined without first having obtained a permit from the city, and paying the permit fee of $5.
(C) Any person conducting a garage sale shall be permitted to post only three signs to advertise the sale. Signs shall be distributed by placing one sign at the site of the garage sale and the other two signs may be placed at the corners closest to the property. No signs may be placed which interfere with pedestrian or vehicular traffic or on the property of others without the permission of the property owner. Any signs which interfere with the flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic may be removed by the city with any attendant costs charged to the person conducting the sale. The signs shall not exceed three square feet each. All signs must be removed within 24 hours of the completion of the garage sale. Failure to remove signs within 24 hours shall result in a $25 fine. The sign shall conform with the city's requirements for residential “For Sale” signs (i.e. only one sign is permitted on the property; this sign is not to exceed three square feet; an exempt sign permit is required). All merchandise must be displayed in a garage, carport, or roofed porch. Garage sales shall be limited to a total of three consecutive days during any six-month period. No more than three rummage sales shall be conducted by any organization in any 12-month period, where the rummage sale is conducted in a public shopping center or other public area serving the public generally.
('69 Code, § 11-44) (Ord. 410, passed 12-15-75; Am. Ord. 960, passed 9-4-91) Penalty, see § 120.99