Chapter 4.24
GARAGE SALES
Sections:
4.24.010 Garage sale defined.
The term “garage sale” means and includes all general sales open to the public, conducted from or on a residential premises in any zone, for the purpose of disposing of used household items. The term shall include similar titles such as “yard sales” and “moving sales.” This definition shall exclude situations in which not more than five specific items are to be sold and these items are named specifically in sale advertisements. (Ord. 1363 § 1 (part), 2012: Ord. 1324 § 1 (part), 2010: Ord. 896 § 2, 1993: Ord. 719 § 1, 1985).
4.24.020 Permit requirements.
A garage sale permit shall be required for each garage sale, said permit to be purchased at the office of the city clerk for a five-dollar fee. The permit shall state the name and address of the person conducting the sale, the address of the sale, and the dates the sale is to be held. The required permit is to be displayed in public view at the residence of the sale and at the time of the sale.
All garage sale permits shall be nontransferable and nonrefundable. (Ord. 1509 § 1 (part), 2018: Ord. 1363 § 1 (part), 2012: Ord. 1324 § 1 (part), 2010: Ord. 896 § 4, 1993: Ord. 719 § 3, 1985).
4.24.030 Sale restrictions.
(a) Number of Sales. Each family occupying a residential premises shall not hold a garage sale more than three times per year, and each sale shall not continue more than three consecutive days.
(b) Display of Goods. Goods displayed at any such sale shall not be displayed in the public right-of-way.
(c) Signs Advertising Sale. Signs advertising garage sales shall not be attached to any public structures, signs or traffic-control devices, nor to any utility poles. All advertising signs shall be removed within a twenty-four-hour period after the sale is completed.
(d) Hours of Operation. No such sale events shall commence prior to eight a.m. or continue beyond eight p.m.
(e) No goods or merchandise shall be offered for sale at such sales which do not consist of goods or merchandise owned and used by the persons conducting the sales, and of a type and quantity customarily and usually found within a residential setting. No merchandise may be brought to and/or sold from the site of such sales which has been purchased from another source for the purpose of resale at the site of such sales event.
(f) Nonprofit organizations and civic organizations may have yard sales on their privately owned property or in Pioneer Park in the designated area, as long as they meet all of the requirements in this chapter. Individuals may sell their used household items at a yard sale hosted by a nonprofit or civic organization, contingent upon their profits from sales or a portion of their profits from sales are donated to the nonprofit organization or civic organization hosting the yard sale. (Ord. 1472 § 1, 2016: Ord. 1363 § 1 (part), 2012: Ord. 1324 § 1 (part), 2010: Ord. 896 § 3, 1993: Ord. 719 § 2, 1985).
4.24.040 Violation—Penalty.
Any violation of this chapter shall be punishable as a C-12 civil infraction of not less than one hundred ten dollars per offense. (Ord. 1509 § 1 (part), 2018: Ord. 1363 § 1 (part), 2012: Ord. 1324 § 1 (part), 2010: Ord. 719 § 4, 1985).