Tag Sale Permits

Download an application for a tag sale permit. If you are submitting an application by mail, you must include a stamped, self-addressed envelope.  Please mail in payment in the form of a certified bank check or money order.

Tag Sale Rules (City Ordinance Chapter 351)

§ 351-1. Permit required.

It is unlawful for any person, group, unincorporated association, firm or corporation to conduct a tag sale, cellar sale, attic sale, garage sale, lawn sale, rummage sale or its equivalent without a permit issued by the City Clerk.

§ 351-2. Application form.

Application for a permit to conduct a tag sale, cellar sale, attic sale, garage sale, lawn sale, rummage sale or its equivalent shall be made to the City Clerk on forms furnished by the Clerk and shall set forth, under oath, such information as the City Clerk may require.

§ 351-3. Permit contents; duration of sale.

The permit shall contain the date, time, location of the sale and the person, group, unincorporated association, firm or corporation conducting the sale. Each such sale shall not be of a duration of more than three consecutive days.

§ 351-4. Time frame for application.

Application for a permit required by this chapter shall be made no later than 48 hours prior to the time the sale is to take place.

§ 351-5. Restrictions on issuance of permit.

No permit required by this chapter shall be granted to any person who has had within the City a tag sale, cellar sale, attic sale, garage sale, lawn sale, rummage sale or its equivalent on four (4) occasions in the preceding calendar year.

§ 351-6. Limit on number of sales per year.

No permit required by this chapter shall be issued for the conduct of any such sales on more than four (4) separate occasions in any calendar year at any one location.

§ 351-7. Permit issuance.

Permits required by this chapter shall be signed by the City Clerk and be affixed with the Seal of the City, shall be numbered in order as granted, and shall state the date and time of its expiration.

§ 351-8. Permit fee.

The fee for a permit required by this chapter for the first and second permit shall be ten ($10) dollars.

The fee for a permit required by this chapter for the third and fourth permit shall be twenty ($20) dollars.

§ 351-9. Display of permit.

The person, group, unincorporated association, firm or corporation conducting a sale which requires a permit under this chapter shall at all times during said sale cause the permit to be visibly displayed upon the premises.

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