Oak Lawn limits the number of garage sales a household can hold per year - typically three or four - to prevent ongoing retail operations from being disguised as yard sales.
To prevent residential properties from becoming de facto retail outlets, Oak Lawn caps the number of garage, yard, estate, or moving sales at each address per calendar year, typically three or four sales annually, each limited to a set number of days (often three consecutive days). The Village Clerk tracks permits to enforce the cap. Estate sales after a death may be treated separately, subject to Clerk verification. Exceeding the cap or operating a continuous sale can result in business-license enforcement and fines. Multi-family or subdivision-wide sales typically count as a single permitted event per participating household.
Exceeding the annual sale cap: $100-$500 per additional sale. Operating an ongoing or commercial-scale sale without a business license: larger fines and possible cease-and-desist orders.
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