Collierville, TN Garage & Yard Sales: Frequency, Duration & Permits (2026)

Section 110.02 of the Collierville Code of Ordinances caps garage sales by count rather than by length. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen wrote the rule as two sales per location in a residential zoning district, counted across a calendar year that runs January through December. The cap attaches to the address where the sale is held, and the count starts over each January. Garage, yard and rummage sales are named together in one sentence, so the code counts all three kinds against the same limit of two. The section prints no limit on how many days a single sale can run and sets no fee. The zoning code's table of allowed temporary uses, activities and structures lists garage, yard or rummage sales with Permit Required marked No and Duration Limits marked Yes, and it points back to § 110.02 as the specific regulation.

Enforcement runs in two steps. Under division (B)(1), anyone holding a sale in violation of the section must immediately cease and desist when the Code Enforcement Officer or the Chief of Police directs it. Under division (B)(2), a sale held in violation of the chapter is a violation of a municipal ordinance and is subject to the general penalty prescribed by law. That penalty is spelled out in the chapter's penalty section, § 110.99, and in the Town's general penalty clause, § 10.99: a fine of not more than $50 or the maximum amount permitted by state law, whichever is greater, for each offense. The section was last amended by Ord. 2010-01, passed 8-23-10.