Source: https://ecode360.com/10590166
Timestamp: 2020-07-02 09:19:39
Document Index: 586170036

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 131', '§ 131', '§ 131', '§ 131', '§ 131', '§ 131', '§ 131', '§ 131']

Village of Flower Hill, NY Garage Sales
§ 131-2 Permit required; fee.
§ 131-3 Licensing.
§ 131-4 Information to be filed.
§ 131-5 Hours of sale.
§ 131-6 Signs.
§ 131-7 Persons and sales exempted.
§ 131-8 Responsibility for good order.
§ 131-9 Penalties for offenses.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Flower Hill 1-6-1976 as Ch. 29 of the 1976 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Licensing — See Ch. 147.
Signs — See Ch. 181.
Includes all sales entitled "garage sale," "lawn sale," "attic sale," "rummage sale," "tag sale" or "flea market sale" or any similar casual sale of tangible personal property, which sale is advertised by any means whereby the public at large is or can be made aware of said sale.
Includes any goods, warehouse, merchandise or other property capable of being the object of a sale regulated hereunder.
It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct a garage sale in the Village of Flower Hill without first filing with the Village Clerk or Village Clerk-Treasurer the information hereinafter specified and obtaining from such Village Clerk or Village Clerk-Treasurer a license so to do, to be known as a "garage sale license." The fee for such license shall be as set forth in Chapter A243, Fees, Charges and Deposits.
Such license shall be issued to any one household only twice within a twelve-month period, and no such license shall be issued for more than three consecutive calendar days. Charitable and religious and civic organizations may be allowed more than one license with the approval of the Board of Trustees.
The information to be filed with the Village Clerk or Village Clerk-Treasurer, pursuant to this chapter, shall be as follows:
No more than two signs advertising such sale, each of which is no larger than 24 inches by 12 inches in size, shall be permitted. All such signs must be posted on the premises where such sale is conducted and must contain the name and address of the person conducting the sale. Said signs must be removed within 48 hours after the completion of the sale.
Any sale conducted by any merchant or mercantile or other business establishment from or at a place of business wherein such sale would be permitted by the zoning regulations of the Village of Flower Hill[1] 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 in this Code.
The person to whom such license is issued and the owner or tenant of the premises on which such sale or activity is conducted shall be jointly and severally responsible for the maintenance of good order and decorum on the premises during all hours of such sale or activity. No such person shall permit any loud or boisterous conduct on said premises nor permit vehicles to impede the passage of traffic on any roads or streets in the area of such premises nor permit vehicles to impede the passage of traffic on any roads or streets in the area of such premises. All such persons shall obey the reasonable orders of any member of the Police Department or Fire Department of the Village of Flower Hill in order to maintain the public health, safety and welfare.