HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1980-012 Garage SalesORDINANCE NO. 12-80
AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PAIM BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING
CHAPTER 17 OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH CODE, LICENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS
BUSINESS REGULATIONS, BY REGULATING GARAGE SALES OR O'IBER SALES OF MERCHANDISE
ON RESIDENTIAL PREMISES AND PROVIDING PENALTY FOR VIOLATION.
BE IT ORI]AINED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Chapter 17 of the Village of North Palm Beach Code is
hereby amended by adding new sections to be numbered Sections 17-50 through
17-52, which said sections shall read as follows:
"Section 17-50. Garage Sales. All so-called 'garage sales'
or other sales involving the offering for sale of multiple items
of personal property on property occupied as a residence shall
be subject to the following rules and regulations:
(1) No one shall accept or take in for sale, any goods
from any commercial business or enterprise on a consignment
basis.
(2) No signs shall be posted anywhere in the Village
advertising such sales, except that the property owner may
install on the residential lot on which such sale is to be
held one sign not larger than 2' x 3', advertising such sale.
Such signs shall be erected not sooner than one (1) day prior
to the date of the sale, and shall be removed at the end of
the last day upon which the sale is held.
(3) No more than two such sales per annun shall be held
at the premises if occupied by the same family or any member
of such family.
(4) Any sale cond u:ted pursuant to the provisions hereof
shall be confined to the period between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.
of any day and shall not extend in excess of two (2) days.
"Section 17-51. Same - Permit Required. Any person conducting
a garage sale or other sale involving the offering for sale of
multiple items of personal property on property occupied as a
residence shall be required to obtain a permit therefor from the
Village. Applications for such permit shall be made to the Village
Building Official in such form as may be required.
"Section 17-52. Violations. Any person violating any of the
provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined a sun not to exceed
five hundred dollars ($500.00). Each day during which any violation
of this ordinance continues or exists shall be deemed to be a
separate violation."
Section 2. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon passage.
PLACED ON FIRST READING THIS 22ND DAY OF MAY, 1980.
PLACED ON SECOND, FINAL READING AND PASSED THIS 12TH DAY OF JUNE, 1980.
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VILLAGE CLERK