Legal Documents of Rocky Top

Code of Rocky Top

Rocky Top
Title 9 : Business, Peddlers, Solicitors, etc.
Chapter 5 : Outdoor Storage And Display Of Merchandise; Sidewalk Sales, Garage Sales And Yard Sales

9-501 : Definitions.

The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this chapter, shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning appears in the content.

  1. "Person" shall be defined as any individual, partnership, merchant, association, corporation, limited liability company, or entity of any kind or nature.
  2. "Sale" or "sales" shall mean the sale or any offer to sell and/or the exterior display or storage for the purpose of conducting or promoting the sale to the public, at wholesale or retail, or in any manner, of any goods, wares, and/or merchandise of any and all kinds or description on hand or in stock or on the premises.
  3. "Sidewalk sale" shall mean a special sales event or promotion conducted by a merchant in a commercial zone whereby merchandise may lawfully be displayed, as limited herein, upon the public sidewalks in a manner so as not to obstruct passage of pedestrians upon the public sidewalks of the city.
  4. "Yard sale" or "garage sale" shall mean a sale of miscellaneous merchandise, conducted in a manner as otherwise permitted by this chapter, or private residential premises by an individual or individual persons. (1996 Code, § 9-701)
Date Last Updated: 09/01/2025
Codification Date: 09/01/2025

Officials at Date of Last Codification:

Mayor - Kerry Templin
Council Member - Keith Daniels
Council Member - Richard Duff
Council Member - Jeff Gilliam
Council Member - Joe Tackett
Recorder - Amanda Daugherty