In Longmont a serial garage sale organizer has been told the city code doesn't allow more than 12 in a year. After six weekends in a row of Friday/Saturday sales Sherri Willyard has been warned that's it for her little side income gig.
From Longmont's municipal code:
For purposes of this chapter, a “garage sale” is defined as the occasional nonbusiness public sale of secondhand household and other goods incidental to household uses by a person or persons from a location zoned for any residential densities set forth in Chapter 15.03 or 15.04 of this code. It is unlawful to hold a garage sale more than three consecutive days, or for more than twelve days, within any twelve-month period at the same location. (Ord. 0-2001-78 § 3 (part); Ord. 0-92-22 § 1 (part))
It's the failure to pay sales taxes that ends up being the real reason to limit garage sales. I know you're thinking I would champion this as a property rights issue; not this time.
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Weekend garage sales are a problem for you Dan but house concerts are okay? Personally I'd rather have strangers shopping for bargains and parking up the neighborhood during the day.
Sales tax is minimal for this type of activity, but the restrictions are to limit running a business from your home without proper zoning or licensing. Zoning is a personal property right we gave up long ago.
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