Gainesville does not cap how many garage sales you can hold, but holding them ten or more weekends a year makes you a secondhand dealer who needs a police department permit.
Chapter 22 lists garage sale operators inside the definition of "secondhand dealer," then exempts anyone who holds garage sales less than ten weekends per year. Stay under that threshold and the secondhand dealer rules do not reach you. Cross it and you need a written permit from the police department, plus the transaction records, holding periods and inspection duties that come with it. The permit expires every September 30 and must be renewed before October 1. The code states no limit on the length of a single sale and no separate rule for neighborhood-wide sales.
Operating as an unpermitted secondhand dealer draws a civil citation or the general penalty in section 1-9, which is up to $500 or 60 days per offense.
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