Soledad Municipal Code Ch. 5.32 Garage Sales

For purposes of this chapter, a "garage sale" means a sale conducted indoors or outdoors on residential premises by the occupant of such premises, at which miscellaneous items of personal property are offered for sale to the general public.

(Ord. 454 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1986)

Garage sales shall be conducted only on residential premises occupied by the person conducting the sale.

(Ord. 454 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1986)

Before any garage sale may be conducted, a permit must be obtained for a fee established in the annual Soledad Master Fee Schedule. A maximum of four permits per calendar year may be issued to the same person or premises. No permit may be transferred to another person or premises. Written application for a permit, for which no fee shall be charged, shall be filed with the city clerk, and shall set forth:

A. The name and address of the applicant, and the names and addresses of any persons owning an interest in the property to be sold, if different from the applicant, and an indication of the property owned by persons other than the applicant;

B. The location of the proposed sale;

C. The date or dates during which the proposed sale is to be conducted;

D. An affidavit or declaration under penalty of perjury that the person or persons conducting the sale is or are the owners of the property offered for sale, and that the property has not been acquired or assigned to the applicant or applicants for the purpose of resale, and that no previous sale has been conducted by the applicant or on the premises within the period of six months immediately prior to the date of application.

(Ord. 454 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1986)

(Ord. No. 762, § 1, 6-21-2023)

No permit shall be approved and no sale shall be conducted for more than three consecutive days or for more than two consecutive weekends of two days each. The sale shall not be conducted before eight a.m. or after six p.m. on the permitted days.

(Ord. 454 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1986)

(Ord. No. 762, § 1, 6-21-2023)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 762, § 1, adopted June 21, 2023, repealed § 5.32.040, which pertained to limits on permits—nonassignability and derived from Ord. 454 § 1 Ex. A (part), adopted 1986. In addition, said ordinance renumbered the former §§ 5.32.050—5.32.080 as §§ 5.32.040—5.32.070 respectively. The historical notation has been retained with the amended provisions for reference purposes.

Personal property offered for sale shall not be displayed within five feet of the public right-of-way of any residentially zoned premises; provided, however, that a vehicle offered for sale may be displayed on a permanently constructed driveway within the front or side yard of the premises. Property may be displayed only during hours of sale.

(Ord. 454 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1986)

(Ord. No. 762, § 1, 6-21-2023)

Editor's note— See editor's note at § 5.32.040.

Signs advertising a garage sale for which a permit has been issued under this chapter may be placed or erected on the sale premises, but not at any other location, subject to the following conditions: (a) no such sign shall exceed four square feet in area, and (b) no such sign shall be displayed at times other than the permitted times of sale. Such signs shall be exempt from the requirements of Section 17.36.030 of this code.

(Ord. 454 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1986)

(Ord. No. 762, § 1, 6-21-2023)

Editor's note— See editor's note at § 5.32.040.

Every person who, for himself or herself or as the agent of another, commences, engages in, conducts or carries on any sale as provided in this chapter without procuring the permit required by Section 5.32.030, or who fails to comply with the conditions and provisions of this chapter, is guilty of an infraction.

(Ord. 454 § 1 Ex. A (part), 1986)

(Ord. No. 762, § 1, 6-21-2023)

Editor's note— See editor's note at § 5.32.040.