(a) Definition. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates, or requires, a different meaning.
GARAGE SALE. All general sales open to the public, conducted from or on a residential premises, for the purposes of disposing of personal property, including, but not limited to, all sales entitled rummage, lawn, yard, porch, room, backyard, patio, or garage sale.
PERSONAL PROPERTY. Property which is owned, utilized, and maintained, and acquired in the normal course of living in or maintaining a residence. It does not include merchandise which was purchased for resale or obtained on consignment.
(b) License requirements. None is required for common garage sales.
(c) Frequency of sales; ownership of merchandise.
(1) Garage sales, yard sales, and similar merchandise sales may be held no more than three times per year at any residence, and for a total of not more than ten days in that year. All goods offered for sale shall be household goods or personal possessions from the residence where the sale is being held or, in the case of a group sale, from the residences of the participating households. In no case shall any sales become outlets for wholesale of retail commercial sales.
(2) Any garage sales, yard sales, and similar merchandise sales by non-profit, philanthropic, or civic organizations are exempt from restrictions and requirements of this section.
(d) Hours. Garage sales shall be conducted between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Each sale shall last no longer than five consecutive days.
(e) Signs.
(1) Garage sale signs may not have an area more than six square feet with a maximum of two faces. Garage sale signs shall identify the location of the sale and must be located at least five feet from the street line or nearest lot line.
(2) No garage sale sign may be located on utility poles, traffic control devices, or on property or the adjoining right-of-way of property, the owner of which has not given his or her explicit permission for its location.
(3) No garage sale sign shall be displayed before two days before the sale or two days following the sale.
(4) No more than one garage sale sign may be located at the sale site and no more than six garage sale signs may be located off the site, except that two signs are permitted on corner lots, one facing each street.
(f) Penalty. Any person who shall violate any provision of this section or any regulation, rule, or order made hereunder, shall be subject to a penalty as provided in § 1-1-6.
(Prior Code, § 7-9-2)