Garage Sale Ordinance

City of DeSoto Ordinance Article 4.100 regulates Occasional Sales (garage sales, including patio and porch sales).

Permitted Sales Guidelines

• ARTICLE 4.1000 OCCASIONAL SALES (GARAGE SALES)
  
  Sec. 4.1001 Definition
  Occasional Sales (Garage sales, including patio and porch sales). Sales of tangible personal property at retail, not to exceed two (2) in number during any twelve month period, by a person who does not hold himself out as engaging, or does not habitually engage in the business of selling such tangible personal property at retail; provided, that:
  
  (1) the tangible personal property shall be sold only on the premises of owner or lessee of the property where the sale is conducted and said owner or lessee must be the legal owner of such tangible personal property at the time of such sale;
  
  (2) the sale shall be confined to the garage, porch, or patio on such premises;
  
  (3) no new merchandise (i.e., merchandise acquired solely for the purpose of resale) shall be sold at such occasional sale; and
  
  (4) the duration of each such shall not exceed three consecutive calendar days.
  
  (1995 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 4, Article 4.1500, Section 4.1501)
  
  Sec. 4.1002 Signs
  One (1) sign is permitted, not to exceed two (2) square feet upon the property where the sale is taking place. Any other signs at any location remote from the sale property are illegal. (1995 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 4, Article 4.1500, Section 4.1502)
   

  Permits
  Sec. 4.1003 License Required
  No person shall conduct an occasional sale without first having obtained a license therefore and without complying with the provisions of this article. Application for such license shall be made to the city manager, or his designate, in writing and shall state the location of the occasional sale and the dates on which the occasional sale shall be held. (1995 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 4, Article 4.1500, Section 4.1503)