South Bend's Municipal Code sets no fixed cap on how many garage or yard sales a household may hold per year. The limit is practical: sales must stay occasional, not become an ongoing home retail business.
Some Indiana cities cap residents at a set number of sales per year, but South Bend's code does not impose a specific annual limit on garage or yard sales. Because the City does not license or register these sales, there is no per-year quota to track. The real boundary is the line between a casual sale and a business. Under Sec. 4-2, an enterprise that regularly sells goods is a business subject to Chapter 4 licensing, and residential zoning does not allow a standing retail operation in a home. Holding frequent, back-to-back weekend sales that function as continuous retail invites licensing and zoning scrutiny; a few sales a year does not.
No fine attaches to the number of legitimate occasional sales. Sales that amount to an unlicensed ongoing business face Chapter 4 licensing enforcement and residential zoning violations.
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