Source: https://ecode360.com/9261760
Timestamp: 2019-11-21 22:16:39
Document Index: 498386921

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 151', '§ 151', '§ 151', '§ 151', '§ 151', '§ 151', '§ 151', '§ 151', '§ 151']

Borough of Palisades Park, NJ Garage Sales
§ 151-2 Permit required; duration and number of sales; fee.
§ 151-3 Display of license.
§ 151-4 Information to be filed with Borough Clerk.
§ 151-5 Hours of sale.
§ 151-6 Signs.
§ 151-7 Persons and sales excepted.
§ 151-8 Responsibility for maintenance of good order.
§ 151-9 Enforcement.
§ 151-10 Violations and penalties.
Chapter 151 Garage Sales
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Palisades Park 4-20-1999 by Ord. No. 1325. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Advertising materials — See Ch. 76.
Includes all sales in residential zones of the Borough of Palisades Park under the following category: garage sale, lawn sale, attic sale, rummage sale, flea market sale, estate sale or any casual sale of tangible personal property which is advertised by any means where the public at large is or can be made aware of said sale.
It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct a garage sale within the Borough of Palisades Park without first obtaining a permit therefor from the Borough Clerk. No garage sale shall be licensed for more than two days, which shall be consecutive. No person shall conduct more than two garage sales in any one calendar year. No premises shall be the subject of more than two garage sales in any one calendar year.
The fee for obtaining said permit shall be $5 per garage sale, which must be paid upon the filing of the application for a permit. This fee shall be paid in the form of a check or money order payable to the Borough of Palisades Park.
Each license issued pursuant to the terms of this chapter is required to be prominently displayed on the premises upon which the garage sale is conducted throughout the entire period of the licensed sale.
Temporary signs are permitted only on the days of the sale and only on the premises on which the sale is to take place. No temporary signs are permitted on public property or within any public right-of-way or sidewalk. This requirement extends to trees, telephone poles and street or traffic signs. All temporary signs are to be removed simultaneously with the ending of the sale. No more than two signs advertising the garage sale shall be permitted on the premises, and no sign shall be more than four square feet in size.
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 Chapter 167, Land Use and Development, of the Borough of Palisades Park 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 the ordinances.
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 or permit vehicles to impede the passage of traffic on any roads or streets in the area of such premises.
This chapter may be enforced by any officer of the Borough of Palisades Park, including the Police Department and the Building Department. It shall be the duty of such officer to investigate any reported violation. Any such official shall be required to act in any manner necessary in order to assist in the enforcement and provisions of this chapter.
Any person found guilty of violating any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction of the same, be fined a sum not to exceed $100 for each offense. Each day in violation of any provision of this chapter shall constitute a separate offense.