Source: https://www.ecode360.com/13978127
Timestamp: 2019-10-15 18:50:18
Document Index: 610013455

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 179', '§ 179', '§ 179', '§ 179', '§ 179', '§ 179', '§ 179']

Township of Clark, NJ Garage Sales
§ 179-4 Application for license.
§ 179-5 Limitations on issuance of license; display requirements.
§ 179-6 Hours of sale.
§ 179-7 Signs.
§ 179-8 Exceptions.
§ 179-9 Conditions of sale.
§ 179-10 Enforcement.
Chapter 179 Garage Sales
[HISTORY: Derived from Sec. 4-9 of the 2002 Revised General Ordinances, adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Clark 12-16-2002 by Ord. No. 02-27. Amendments noted where applicable.]
All sales, whether located in residential districts or commercial districts, entitled "garage sale," "lawn sale," "attic sale," "rummage sale" or "flea market sale," or any similar casual sale of tangible personal property which is advertised by any means whereby the public at large is or can be made aware of such sale.
The fee for such license shall be $3.
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The relationship or connection the applicant may have had with any other person conducting a sale, and the date or dates of such sale.
Each license issued under this chapter must be prominently displayed and posted on the premises upon which the garage sale is conducted throughout the entire period of the licensed sale.
No garage sales shall be conducted other than between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. only.
All persons are prohibited from making, causing to be made or erecting signs other than those signs provided by the Township.
Such signs shall be made available by the Township and shall be a uniform size and form, 12 inches by 12 inches, and must be purchased from the Township.
Such signs shall have a space allotted thereon upon which shall be placed the name and address of the person running the sale, and such signs shall be removed within 48 hours after the completion of the sale.
Any sale conducted by any merchant, mercantile or other business establishment from or at a place of business wherein such sale would be permitted by the zoning regulations of the Township or under the protection of the nonconforming use section thereof or any other sale conducted by a manufacturer, dealer or vendor and which sale would be conducted from properly zoned premises and not otherwise prohibited.
Any bona fide charitable, eleemosynary, educational, cultural or governmental institution or organization within the Township is hereby exempt from the provisions of this chapter; provided, however, that the burden of establishing the exemption under this subsection shall be on the organization or institution claiming such exemption.
All such persons shall obey the reasonable order of any member of the Police or Fire Departments of the Township in order to maintain the public health, safety and welfare.
This chapter shall be enforced by the Township Police Department. It shall be the duty of the Police Department to investigate any violations of this chapter coming to its attention, whether by complaint or arising from its own personal knowledge, and if a violation is found to exist, it shall prosecute a complaint before the Municipal Court.
Any person conducting any such sale or similar activity without being properly licensed therefor or who shall violate any of the other terms and regulations of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to the penalty stated in Chapter 1, Article III, General Penalty. Each day that such sale shall continue without being duly licensed shall be considered a separate violation.