The Planning and Zoning Advisory Board on Nov. 20 recommended that the City Council consider Ordinance 2025-10, a proposed change to the city’s garage-sale regulations that would require a no-cost event permit, cap registered sales at four per property per year and add escalating penalties for repeat violations.

Antonio, Community Development staff, said the change was requested by the police department and is intended to make the current limit enforceable. "The primary objective of the proposed amendment is to establish a permit requirement for garage sales and to find penalties for violations," Antonio said. The ordinance would keep the existing four-sales-per-property annual limit and require residents to apply online or over the counter for a permit.

Under the proposal, staff would issue an initial warning for a first violation, a $150 fine for a second violation and a $250 fine for subsequent offenses. A code-enforcement speaker described enforcement gaps under the current approach, saying that follow-up warning timelines and corrective-action processes often prevent fines from being assessed for repeat conduct. "If I show up at a site and there's no permit there, I can get a verbal warning...and then if we go back the next day and we still run into that, then I can have a police officer come and issue a citation," that staff member said.

Board members asked how the permit would be shown to officers and whether estate sales or HOA-sponsored community sales would be treated the same as garage sales. Staff said online applicants would receive an emailed permit they could print and post, but display would not be mandatory. Staff also said estate sales typically are not defined as garage sales under the current code; if a community-wide sale occurs at an HOA clubhouse (one parcel), one permit would suffice, but individual properties participating in a neighborhood event would each need permits because the property owner is ultimately responsible.

The board moved to recommend approval of Ordinance 2025-10 to the City Council by voice vote. The meeting record does not list individual vote tallies.