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Garage & Estate Sales - Ordinance No. 980

AN ORDINANCE REGULATING MISCELLANEOUS SALES WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF EASTBOROUGH, KANSAS.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF EASTBOROUGH, KANSAS:

Section 1. Miscellaneous Sales Defined.

The term "miscellaneous sale" means any garage, basement, yard, rummage, estate or other similar sale of six or more miscellaneous items that were originally purchased by the owner and occupants of the residential property upon which the miscellaneous sale is to be held for their ultimate use and consumption.

Section 2. License Required.

No person shall conduct or carry on in the City a miscellaneous sale without having first obtained a license therefore from the City Clerk.

Section 3. Regulation Generally.

All miscellaneous sales shall conform to the following regulations:

  1. Application. Application for the miscellaneous sales shall be submitted to the City Clerk and such application shall contain a statement that all sale items comply with the definition outlined above.
  2. Sale Limits. Persons of the immediate family residing with the applicant shall be allowed one sale per family per calendar year; provided, that each such sale shall be limited to three consecutive days. The one sale per calendar year limitation may be waved by the City Clerk for good cause shown.
  3. Signs. Signs advertising the sale shall not exceed eight square feet and shall be displayed only on private property the day or days of such sale.

Section 4. Effective Date.

This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the official city newspaper.

PASSED by the City Council this 20th day of December, 1989.

SIGNED by the Mayor this 20th day of December, 1989.