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INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMAN k"
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AMENDING THE
CODE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, BY REPEALING CHAPTER
THIRTEEN AND ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW CHAPTER THIRTEEN
REGULATING GARAGE SALES AND PROVIDING A PENALTY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 13 of the Code of the City of Jefferson,
Missouri, Garage Sales , Yard Sales, Etc. , is hereby repealed and
a new Chapter 13 enacted in lieu thereof, which shall read as
follows:
CHAPTER 13, GARAGE SALES
Section 1.3-1. Definitions .
Garage Sale. A public sale of goods commonly known or
referred to as a garage sale, patio or porch sale, , yard
sale, attic sale, rummage sale, or any other similar sale.
Goods . Includes any goods, wares, merchandise,
articles, or other personal property.
Person. Any person, firm, partnership, association,
corporation, company, or organization of any kind.
Section 13-2. Permit Required.
No garage sale shall be conducted unless and until the
person desiring to conduct such sale shall obtain a permit
from the License Inspector. Members of more than one
residence may join in obtaining a permit for a garage sale
to be conducted at the residence of one of them. There
shall be no fee for the permit.
Section 13-3. Permit Conditions .
The permit shall set forth and restrict the date, time
and location of such garage sale, the name and address of
applicant and the dates of any other garage sale conducted
at the location within the current calendar year.
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Section 13-4. Display of Permit.
Any permit in possession of the holder of a garage sale
shall be posted on the premises during the time the sale is
conducted in a conspicuous place visible to the public.
Section 13-5. Number of Sales .
No person shall advertise, conduct, carry-on or permit
more than two (2) garage sales upon the grounds of or within
any dwelling within the City within any calendar year.
Section 13-6. Duration of Sales.
No person shall conduct, carry on or permit a garage
sale to last more than three days.
Section 13-7. Hours of Sale.
No person shall conduct, permit or carry on a garage
sale between 8:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
Section 13-8. Advertising Signs Restricted.
No person shall erect, place, post or mark any sign
advertising a garage sale on any public property, including
street signs and posts , traffic signs or posts, or on any
public utility pole. Any sign erected, placed, posted or
marked, advertising such garage sale shall be placed no
longer than one day before the sale and shall be removed on
or before the last day of such sale. The person responsible
for conducting such garage sale shall be responsible for
removing any such sign.
Section 13-9. Goods Not to be Displayed on Public Property.
No person shall display, or permit to be displayed, any
goods offered for sale at a garage sale on any public street
or right-of-way.
SECTION 2. Any person violating the provisions of this
ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished in
accordance with provisions of Section 1-13 of the City Code.
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SECTION 3. Effective Date.
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect January 1,
1986. .
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