Legal Documents of Sweetwater

Code of Sweetwater

Sweetwater
Title 9 : Business, Peddlers, Solicitors, etc.
Chapter 3 : Yard Sales

9-306 : Advertising.

  1. Signs permitted. Only the following specified signs may be displayed in relation to a pending garage sale:
    1. Two signs permitted. Two (2) signs of not more than four (4) square feet shall be permitted to be displayed on the property of the residence or nonresidential site where the garage sale is being conducted.
    2. Directional signs. Two (2) signs of not more than two (2) square feet each are permitted, provided that the premises on which the garage sale is conducted is not on a major thoroughfare, and written permission to erect such signs is received from the property owners on whose property such signs are to be placed.
  2. Time limitations. No sign or other form of advertisement shall be exhibited for more than two (2) days prior to the day such sale is to commence.
  3. Removal of signs. Signs must be removed each day at the close of the garage sale activities. Remaining signs shall be considered litter and may be enforced as such.
  4. Under no circumstances shall any signs be placed on public utility poles, public signage, or public buildings. (as replaced by Ord. #932, Aug. 2016)
Date Last Updated: 08/05/2024
Codification Date: 03/01/2004

Officials at Date of Last Codification:

Mayor - Doyle F. Lowe
Vice Mayor - Sam Moser
Commissioner - Lamar Hughes
Commissioner - Johanna Jinks
Commissioner - Alan Richeson
Commissioner - James A. Stutts
Recorder - Sonya Crush
City Attorney - John Cleveland