§ 16-309. Penalties for violation.

(a)

It shall be a violation of this article for any person to operate, participate in or recklessly to allow to be operated upon property owned or controlled by that person a garage sale in a manner not in compliance with the provisions of this article. Each day a violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense.

(b)

Unless otherwise specified, each violation of any provision of this article shall be punishable by an administrative penalty of double the garage sale operator's fee.

(c)

It shall be unlawful for any garage sale operator to fail to remove any advertising sign upon expiration of the garage sale permit. A violation of this subsection shall be punishable by a criminal fine not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) for each day past the deadline for removing signs.

(Ord. No. 98184, § 4, 9-18-03; Ord. No. 2006-09-21-1122, § 1, 9-21-06)