Frequency caps are municipal in Somerset County. Franklin Township limits each resident or business to four permitted sales per calendar year. Hillsborough sets no numeric limit at all. Your town's ordinance controls how often you can sell.
How many yard sales you can hold in a year is fixed by your municipality, not the county. Franklin Township is explicit: under its garage sale ordinance, each resident, corporation, or business is limited to four permits in a calendar year, with each permit covering a single multi-day sale. Hillsborough Township, which requires no permit, imposes no annual cap, leaving frequency effectively open provided the sales stay genuine yard sales and do not become a continuous retail operation. The other Somerset towns fall between these poles, some capping sales at two or three a year through their permit systems.
Exceeding a town's annual cap — four in Franklin Township — is a municipal ordinance violation drawing a fine. Continuous sales amounting to an unlicensed retail business can trigger separate zoning enforcement.
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