[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Trenton as indicated
in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Auctioneers — See Ch. 25.
[Adopted 9-7-1967 as § 6-13
of the Revised General Ordinances]
A.
Definition. Garage sales are those sales of furniture
from an individual's home.
B.
Restrictions. Garage sales shall be conducted from the
back yard area of the individual's residence. No furniture shall be displayed
or sold from the front of the residence.
C.
Limited. No more than six garage sales per calendar year
shall be permitted from any one household.
Any individual seeking to conduct a yard sale or garage sale shall register
with the City Clerk's office prior to conducting such sale.
Block sales/flea markets are those sales of used furniture and personal
household items that are sold by more than four individuals collectively on
the front yards of their residences. These sales will be limited to a maximum
number of four sales per year. Individuals conducting such sales shall obtain
the written approval of the Police Department and register with the City Clerk's
office, all properties included, by address, for each event 10 days before
the scheduled event.
The City Clerk shall collect a permit fee for yard sales, garage sales,
block sales and flea markets. All license fees shall be paid in advance by
cash, money order, certified check or bank check at the office of the City
Clerk. Personal checks are prohibited. The following fees are hereby established
for such sales:
[Adopted 9-7-1967 as § 5-5.5
of the Revised General Ordinances]
A.
The license for distress sales shall include sales designated
as follows:
B.
Distress sales shall include the sale by anyone of the
goods, wares, chattels or merchandise of another, and/or any and all sales
advertised in such manner as to reasonably convey to the public that such
sale or sales are anticipatory to the termination, closing, liquidation, wind-up,
discontinuance, conclusion or abandonment of the business in connection with
the sale or sales, and that upon the disposal of the stock of goods on hand
the business shall cease and be discontinued.
The application for a distress sale license, in addition to all the
requirements of this chapter, shall contain the following information:
A.
A description of the place in which the proposed sale
is to be held.
B.
The nature of the occupancy of such place, whether by
lease or sublease, and the effective date of the termination of occupancy.
C.
The true name of the owner of the goods to be offered
for sale.
D.
The name of the operator of the sale if the operator
is other than the true owner of the goods proposed to be sold under the license.
E.
A full and complete itemized inventory of the quantity,
kind and character of goods to be offered for sale, which shall include a
listing of all goods which have been in stock prior to the application for
the license; a listing of all goods which have been ordered and will be placed
in stock during the pendency of the sale; the place where such stock was purchased
or acquired; and if not purchased, the manner of acquisition and the reason
for the urgent and expeditious disposal of such goods.
No license shall be issued by the City Clerk to conduct or operate a
distress sale until (s)he has investigated the application for license. If
the City Clerk has any reasonable doubt as to the truth of the statements
and representations contained in the application, (s)he shall not issue the
license without the approval of the City Council.
Any license granted under this article shall be valid for not more than
a period of 60 days and shall not be renewable, nor shall any other such license
be granted to the same person for a period of one year succeeding the expiration
of a previous license. A duplicate original of the application and inventory
pursuant to which the license was granted shall be available at all times
to the investigators of the City; and the licensee shall permit such investigators
to examine all merchandise on the premises for comparison with the inventory.
In the event that the sale or sales extend beyond a period of 30 days, the
inventory as attached to the application, on or before the expiration of the
thirty-day period, shall be revised and the items on the list disposed of
during the period shall be noted thereon. Suitable books and records shall
be kept by the licensee and shall be available at all times to the investigators
of the City.
No licensee under this article shall add to and include in any distress
sale any goods, wares, merchandise or chattels other than those which were
listed in the inventory filed with the application for license.
