No permit required for residential garage sales in Syracuse or most Onondaga County towns. Syracuse limits to 3 sales per household per year, 3 consecutive days each. Commercial scale sales require merchant license.
Residential garage/yard sales in Onondaga County are permit-free in Syracuse and most surrounding towns (Manlius, Clay, DeWitt, Salina, Cicero, Camillus). Syracuse caps residential sales at 3 per household per calendar year, each lasting no more than 3 consecutive days. Signs must be placed on private property only and removed within 24 hours after the sale ends; placement in public ROW violates Syracuse sign code. Persons operating frequent or commercial-scale sales must obtain a transient merchant or peddler license. NY sales tax generally does not apply to casual garage sales.
Exceeding Syracuse sale limit: code violation up to $250. Signs in public ROW: removal without notice plus $50-$100 fine. Unlicensed commercial: up to $500.
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