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Board tables proposed garage-sales ordinance to ordinance committee
Summary
After extensive discussion about limits and enforcement, the board tabled resolution 2025-06198 (an amendment to the municipal code on garage/yard sales) and referred it to the ordinance committee for drafting specific rules on frequency and duration.
Trustees debated how to regulate recurring yard and garage sales, with proposals including limits on frequency and duration (examples discussed included a three-day maximum per sale and two community-wide sales per year). One trustee said repeated weekly sales at the same property appeared to be operating more like a business than a private yard sale and argued for ordinance language to address the problem.
The draft resolution listed in the meeting as 2025-06198, described in transcript as an amendment to the municipal code pertaining to garage sales, was tabled and referred to the ordinance committee for further drafting. "Due to no motion, it will be tabled and submitted to the ordinance committee," a board speaker said. The ordinance committee will return a recommended draft at a later meeting for board consideration.
