Davenport allows a maximum of three residential sales per lot each calendar year, and no more than one sale every 30 days. City-wide organized garage sale events do not count against the limit.
Under Davenport's residential-sales rules, each residential lot may hold no more than three garage, yard, or attic sales in a calendar year, spaced at least 30 days apart, only one sale per 30-day window. Sales tied to a city-wide organized garage sale event are excepted and do not count. Each individual sale is limited to 72 hours. These caps keep homes from operating as continuous retail, which would trigger zoning and home-occupation rules. Only personal household property may be offered, not goods purchased for resale.
Holding more than three sales a year, sales closer than 30 days apart, or a continuous sale operation is a zoning and code violation enforced as a municipal infraction with escalating fines.
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