[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of North Haven 4-7-1980 by L.L. No. 1-1980. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Junk — See Ch. 97.
Peddling and soliciting — See Ch. 124.
Signs — See Ch. 137.
[Amended 8-4-1986 by L.L. No. 7-1986]
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to conduct a garage sale in the Incorporated Village of North Haven without first obtaining a permit and complying with the regulations set forth herein.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
GARAGE SALE
The casual sale of tangible personal property to the public by a person not normally in that business, and includes, but is not necessarily limited to, garage sales, lawn sales, attic sales, tag sales and rummage sales.
PERSON
Includes individuals, partnerships, voluntary associations and corporations.
Garage sales in the Village of North Haven shall be regulated in the following manner:
A. 
Garage sales shall offer only used items of personal property owned by the resident of the property where the sale is held. No new merchandise shall be offered for sale, nor may new merchandise from other sources be brought in and offered for sale.
B. 
Garage sales shall not commence before 9:00 a.m. and must terminate by 6:00 p.m.
C. 
No person shall conduct more than one garage sale on his premises in any one calendar year. Such sale may not extend for a period of more than three days.
D. 
Signs.
(1) 
Garage sales may be advertised through the newspaper or other news media. A sign, not greater in size than two feet by two feet, may be installed on the property where the sale is being conducted.
(2) 
No sign shall be placed on the public right-of-way or on property other than where the sale is being conducted.
(3) 
No lighted sign shall be used.
(4) 
The sign shall be displayed only during the sale and shall be promptly removed after the sale.
E. 
It is not the intention of this chapter to change or amend the Zoning Ordinance of the Village of North Haven.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 137, Signs and Ch. 163, Zoning.
F. 
Upon application, either in person or by mail, the Building Inspector is authorized to issue a permit for the sale.
[Amended 8-4-1986 by L.L. No. 7-1986]
The information to be filed with the Village Building Inspector pursuant to this chapter shall be as follows:
A. 
The name of the person, corporation, association or organization conducting said sale.
B. 
The name of the owner of the property on which said sale is to be conducted and the consent of the owner if the applicant is other than the owner.
C. 
The location at which the sale is to be conducted.
D. 
The number of days of the sale.
E. 
The date and nature of any past sale.
F. 
The relationship or connection the applicant may have with any other person, firm, group, organization, association or corporation conducting said sale and the date or dates of such sale.
G. 
Whether or not the applicant has been issued any other vendor's license by any local, state or federal agency.
H. 
The sworn statement or affirmation by the person signing that the information therein given is full and true and known to him to be so.
[Amended 8-4-1986 by L.L. No. 7-1986]
Any person committing an offense against any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a violation pursuant to the Penal Law of the State of New York, punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The continuation of an offense against the provisions of this chapter shall constitute, for each day the offense is continued, a separate and distinct offense hereunder.