Earlier editions: 2026-07
Title 5 — Business Taxes, Licenses and Regulations
Palm Desert Municipal Code Ch. 5.82 Regulation of Special Event Sales
Palm Desert Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Palm Desert
Cite as: Palm Desert Municipal Code Chapter 5.82 · Text as of 2026-10-04
§ 5.82.010. Special event—Definition.¶
"Special event sales"
shall include garage sales, yard sales, patio sales and other similar event sales in residential districts for the purpose of offering for sale household or personal goods of the occupant of the premises where such sale is permitted and is not intended for commercial sale of goods purchased elsewhere for such special event sales.
(Ord. 372 § 3, 1984)
§ 5.82.020. Permit fee request.¶
No person shall conduct a special event sale within a residential district without having procured a permit from the city to do so and paying a fee of ten dollars for each special event sale.
(Ord. 372 § 3, 1984)
§ 5.82.030. Advertising by signs.¶
Persons granted a permit to conduct a special event sale shall comply with the provisions of Chapter 25.68 regulating and controlling the use of signs, and failure to comply shall result in the permit being revoked and cause to deny future requests for a permit.
(Ord. 372 § 3, 1984)
§ 5.82.040. Terms of permit.¶
Any permit granted under this chapter shall be limited to seventy-two consecutive hours and two such special event sales in any calendar year.
(Ord. 372 § 3, 1984)
§ 5.82.050. Violation—Penalties.¶
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter is deemed guilty of an infraction.
(Ord. 372 § 3, 1984)
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