Monrovia Municipal Code Ch. 5.64 Patio, Garage and Yard Sales

For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply, unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

PATIO, GARAGE AND/OR YARD SALE. A sale of personal property held at a private residence by the owner, owners, tenants or occupants thereof, and shall be limited to the sale of property owned exclusively by said owner, owners, tenants and/or occupants.

(`83 Code, § 5.64.010)

No person shall conduct a patio, garage or yard sale without first having obtained a license therefor and paying the fee as established by the City Council.

(`83 Code, § 5.64.020) (Ord. 92-20 § 1, 1992)

Any person found to be conducting a patio, garage or yard sale who has not first obtained a license as required by § 5.64.020 shall immediately obtain said license and pay a fee equal to six times the fee which would otherwise have been required.

(`83 Code, § 5.64.025) (Ord. 92-20 § 2, 1992; Ord. 94-09 § 2, 1994)

No patio, garage and yard sale shall be conducted by any person nor at any residence more frequently than once each six months, nor shall said sale be conducted for a period in excess of two consecutive days.

(`83 Code, § 5.64.030)

All goods, products and merchandise offered for sale at a patio, garage and/or yard sale shall be made available to inspection at the place where the sale is to be conducted by any representative of the Police Department, and if requested by the representative, the person conducting the sale shall establish his title to the goods, products and merchandise offered for sale.

(`83 Code, § 5.64.040)

No sign, billboard, placard or other form of advertisement of the proposed patio garage and/or yard sale shall be placed upon any property within the city. No sign, billboard, placard or other form of advertisement shall be placed upon the premises where the sale is to be conducted more than two days prior to the day the sale is to commence, and shall be removed by 6:00 p.m. on the day the sale terminates. No more than two signs, billboards, placards or other form of advertisement shall be placed upon the premises and shall not exceed three square feet in size.

(`83 Code, § 5.64.050)

The person conducting the sale at the time he makes application for the license shall furnish to the city License Officer the following information:

(A) His or her full name, residence address and telephone number;

(B) The dates and hours of the proposed sale;

(C) A general description of the type of merchandise proposed to be sold;

(D) A declaration that he or she is the owner of all of the property to be sold, and if requested by the Police Department, can establish his title to all said property, and that all of said property proposed to be sold is his or her own personal used property.

(`83 Code, § 5.64.060)

No patio, garage and/or yard sale shall be commenced prior to 8:00 a.m. and shall conclude each day at or before 6:00 p.m.

(`83 Code, § 5.64.070)