Legal Documents of Rocky Top

There shall be no outdoor storage or display of goods, products, inventory or merchandise for sale in the City of Rocky Top except as expressly permitted by this chapter.

1. No person shall conduct any sidewalk sale, garage sale, yard sale or tent sale in the City of Rocky Top except in accordance with the permissive provisions of this chapter.
2. No persons shall conduct more than one (1) yard sale, garage sale or sidewalk sale, at any residence address, during any calendar month. All merchandise must be removed from the site at the end of each day or stored in permanent type building.
3. There shall be no more than two (2) tent and/or other temporary structure sales at any one (1) business address, during any calendar year, with each sale to be no more than fifteen (15) days duration, although two (2) such sales may run consecutively. No such sale shall be conducted unless the person intending to conduct such sale shall by mail and/or by telephone and/or in person give prior notice to and register the date, time, duration and location with the codes enforcement officer or the property maintenance officer. There shall be no tent or temporary structure sales on residential property.
4. All goods, wares, or merchandise related to any "sidewalk sale" shall be removed from the public sidewalk(s) not later than 6:00 P.M. of each and every day.
5. Except for temporary display of merchandise during a sidewalk sale which shall not obstruct or block the sidewalk and which shall leave at least eight feet (8') of unobstructed space on the sidewalk, there shall be no temporary or other storage of merchandise, goods, products, or inventory on the public sidewalks or on the public rights-of-way at any time or under any circumstance.
6. During lawful business hours and when actually open for business, any person, business or entity which is otherwise lawfully operating in a commercial zone, as otherwise provided in the City of Rocky Top Zoning Ordinance(s) may display and offer for sale otherwise lawful merchandise outside the building(s) located upon the premises so long as the same shall be displayed and/or offered for sale on the private property of such person or business operating thereon and not on the public right-of-way, and no person shall display or store such merchandise outside of the building premises at any time when such business is not actually open for business to the public. (1996 Code, § 9-704)