Certain businesses may be exempt from the requirements of this chapter. Specific exclusions include:
Subd. 1. Business by appointment. A solicitor or canvasser doing business by appointment. A bona fide appointment is one made in advance, not one that is not merely obtained by going door-to-door in conjunction with the taking of orders, offering for sale or selling;
Subd. 2. Sales to stores and/or professionals. Salespersons selling goods to retain or wholesale stores or to professional or industrial establishments;
Subd. 3. Garage, rummage and craft sales. Garage sales, rummage sales and craft sales, provided that:
a. None of the items offered for sale shall have been obtained for resale or received on consignment for sale, except for the display and sale of seasonal goods and merchandise on the premises of a community center, school or church;
b. Any sale shall be conducted solely within the boundaries of the property owned or occupied by the occupant who is conducting the sale;
c. There shall be no more than four garage sales conducted at any one residence during any period of 12 calendar months;
d. No garage or rummage sale shall be conducted during any part of more than three consecutive days, except that the display and sale of seasonal goods and merchandise on the premises of a community center, school or church shall not exceed 30 consecutive days;
e. No garage sale may be conducted before 8:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m.;
f. Church signage is limited to one nonilluminated temporary sign, not exceeding six square feet in area, advertising the garage sale, for which a sign permit is not required. The sign may be displayed for the duration of the sale only;
g. The display or sale of seasonal goods or merchandise on the premises of a community center, school or church shall not take up required parking as provided for in § 1201.03, subdivision 5 of this code and shall comply with setback requirements for the zoning district in which the property is located.
Subd. 4. Other. Merchants or their employees delivering goods to established customers in the regular course of business, the sale of goods or admissions to events by K-12 students where the proceeds of such sales benefit a program or activity in which the student is involved, governmental organizations, or to the sale of goods by members of the Girl Scouts or Boy Scouts of America.
(1987 Code, § 308.04) (Ord. 265, passed 1-25-1993; Am. Ord. 316, passed 11-25-1996; Am. Ord. 341, passed 9-14-1998; Am. Ord. 484, passed 10-24-2011)