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Y YARD SALES — The sale or offering for sale of ten 113-6 Signs. (10)or more items of personal property at any one (1) residential premises at any one (1) time, excluding Signs promoting yard sales shall not be erected more such sales as may be conducted by a bona fide chart- than two days prior to any yard sale, and shall be table organization, religious or fraternal society or removed not more than 24 hours after the close of any other tax-exempt organization. yard sale. No sign promoting any yard sale shall exceed six (6) square feet. No signs shall be posted w 113.3 Permit required,posting. within the legal layout of a public way. 9 Unless specific written authorization is given by the 113-7 Right of Entry; Enforcement. Board of Selectmen, residents shall apply for the per-mit through the Town Clerk's Office prior to conduct- The Chief of Police, the Fire Chief, or their designee, ing any Yard Sale in the Town. shall have the right to enter onto private property for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this bylaw. It shall be unlawful to conduct a Yard Sale without first having obtained a permit from the Town Clerk. This 113-8 Parking. permit shall contain the dates, time, location of sale, telephone number, and the person conducting the sale. Where a yard sale is being conducted, the Chief of The applicant shall pay a fee as set by the Board of Police, or persons authorized by him/her, may enforce Selectmen for said permit. Said permit shall be issued temporary parking restrictions necessary to the safe in triplicate by the Office of the Town Clerk. One copy and orderly flow of traffic and the passage of emer- shall be delivered to the Police Department prior to the gency vehicles. Parking shall be allowed only on one sale. One copy must prominently be displayed at the side of the road. Vehicles must be parked facing the site of the sale by the applicant. The original will be direction in which that vehicle would normally be maintained in the Office of the Town Clerk. traveling. The completed application must be filed with the 113-9 Violations. Town Clerk at least 72 hours before the scheduled sale (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays); Failure to comply with the provisions of any section of e otherwise, the permit shall be denied. this chapter shall result in the following: The applicant must be a Town resident. Proof of resi- First Offense: A written warning shall be given by deny must be established. the Chief of Police, Fire Chief, or their designee. e The holder of the permit shall have no property right Second Offense: The Chief of Police, Fire Chief, in said permit and it may be revoked without a hearing or their designee, shall for a second violation of as hereinafter provided. this bylaw or a failure to correct the violation for r which the warning was issued, revoke the permit 113.4 Limitations. and order the yard sale closed. s It shall be unlawful for a person to conduct a Yard The permit holder may request a determination of r Sale,at any one residence or a multi-dwelling unit, on the appropriateness of a revocation by filing a more than two separate occasions in any calendar year, request for a review of the revocation with the Board for duration of not more than three consecutive days of Selectmen within 72 hours of the revocation. The for each sale. No rain dates will be allowed. Board or its designee shall schedule a hearing to r determine if the revocation was warranted. 113-5 Display on Property. l The failure to comply with any provision of this Personal property offered for sale at any Yard Sale bylaw shall be punishable by a fine of$25, which shall be displayed only on private property. No per- shall be payable to the Town Clerk. Said fine shall sonal property offered for sale at any such sale shall be be in addition to any revocation ordered under this Placed or displayed in any public right of way. bylaw. 75