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****Village of Round Lake Beach Garage Sale Code:

901.10   Garage or rummage sale signs:  For the purpose of this section, a garage sale, yard sale, house sale or estate sale, is defined as an occasional sale of used or surplus household goods, wares and other items or personal property owned by the occupier of the residence on the premises where such sale is held, or owned collectively by a group of persons including the occupier of the residence on the premises where such sale is held, owned collectively by a group of persons including the occupier of the residence on the premises where such sale is held. Such sales shall include basement sales, house sales, yard sales, attic sales, rummage sales, estate sales, garage sales or other similar occasional sales conducted on an infrequent and unscheduled basis from any residential premises.

 1.   Limit on length and frequency of sales.  Garage sales shall be limited to three consecutive days between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. each day.  No more than three garage sales shall be conducted on the same premises within any calendar year and there shall be a minimum of 30 days between each such sale.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of rain occurring during the hours of sale on any day within the three-day sale period such sale period may be extended one additional day on any of the subsequent seven days for each such day of rain:  such sale shall not exceed a total of three dry days.

2.   Signs.  Garage sale signs shall not exceed five square feet in area, and no such sign shall exceed the maximum exposure period of three days.  Such signs may be displayed only on the premises where the garage sale is occurring.  Only one sign is allowed for any garage sale, except that any lot or parcel with more than one frontage may have one sign for each frontage.  Signs shall not be attached to street poles, trees, fire hydrants, sign poles, light poles, or similar structures.

A limit of four (4) temporary directional signs may be placed in village rights-of-way, subject to the following conditions and restrictions.  Directional signs shall:

a.   Not exceed six square feet in gross surface area per sign face,

b.      Be located at least three feet inside any curb or edge of pavement,

c.      Be elevated to a height no greater than three feet from the ground to the top of the sign,

d.      Not obstruct any line of vision for drivers of any vehicle,

e.      Not be posted, exhibited or displayed on public rights-of-way on Mondays, Tuesdays, or Wednesdays of each week.

All advertising and directional signs shall be removed no later than 9:00 p.m. on the third or last day of such sale 

1.      Location of Sale.  A garage sale, as provided herein, shall be conducted from residential premises only.

Penalty:  Any person violating any provision of this article shall upon convection be fined not less than $100.00 or more than $500.00 for each offense.  Each day that such violation occurs or continues shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense.

901.11          Special requirements:  All signs permitted in the Village of Round Lake Beach shall be erected and maintained in accordance with the following specifications by district or type of district:

 (Ord. No. 01-02-03, 2-26-2001; Ord. No. 01-04-01, 4-23-2001; Ord. No. 01-11-09, 11-12-2001)