Legal Documents of Sweetwater

For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein.

1. "Garage sales" shall mean and include all general sales, open to the public, conducted from or on any premises in any residential or nonresidential zone, as defined by the zoning ordinance (municipal code reference zoning ordinance: title 14, chapter 2. 9-18 ), for the purpose of disposing of personal property including, but not limited to, all sales entitled "garage," "lawn," "yard," "attic," "porch," "room," "backyard," "patio," "flea market," or "rummage" sale. This definition does not include the operation of such businesses carried on in a nonresidential zone where the person conducting the sale does so on a regular day-to-day basis.

   This definition shall not include a situation where no more than five (5) specific items or articles are held out for sale and all advertisements of such sale specifically names those items to be sold.

2. "Personal property" shall mean property which is owned, utilized and maintained by an individual or members of his or her residence and acquired in the normal course of living in or maintaining a residence. It does not

   include merchandise which was purchased for resale or obtained on consignment. (as replaced by Ord. #942, Aug. 2016)