A. "Department" means the Department of Community Development and Housing of the City of San Bernardino.
B. "Estate Sale" or "Estate Liquidation" is a type of Yard Sale or auction to dispose of a substantial portion of the materials owned by a person who is recently deceased, or who must dispose of his or her personal property to facilitate a move necessitated by the relocation of the owner due to advanced age or disability and which sale is conducted by a person or entity that has legal authority to make such sale.
C. "Personal Property" means property which is owned, utilized or maintained by an individual or members of a residence or family and acquired in the normal course of living in or maintaining a residence. It does not include new merchandise or merchandise which was purchased for resale or obtained on consignment.
D. "Seller" means any of the following:
1. The person authorized by the premises owner to sell the personal property at the Yard Sale;
2. The tenant of the premises where the Yard Sale is conducted;
3. The owner of the premises where the Yard Sale is conducted.
E. "Yard Sale" means the offer of sale of personal property, open to the public, conducted from or on a premise in any residential or commercial zone. The term "Yard Sale" includes, but is not limited to, all sales entitled, advertised or called "garage sale," "lawn sale," "yard sale," "porch sale," "patio sale", "estate sale", "moving sale", "flea market" or "rummage" sale.
F. As used in this chapter, the term "Residential Zone" includes any residentially zoned property as defined by the City's zoning ordinances, or property used for residential purposes as permitted by the City's Development Code, or premises zoned for another use, providing the actual and principal current use of such premises is for residential purposes. The definition includes both single-family and multiple-family residential
(Ord. MC-1625, 2-21-24)