Hendersonville does NOT publish a separate yard-sale permit program for residents holding occasional sales of personal household items at their own home. Recurring/commercial-scale sales would trigger the Peddlers Ordinance at Municipal Code Title 9, Chapter 1 (615-822-1000 City Hall front office for a Peddlers Permit) or could require home-occupation zoning approval. Signage for yard sales falls under Chapter 13.3.2.10 (Temporary Signs) of the Zoning Ordinance: one residential temporary ground sign per lot, maximum 9 sq ft and 4 ft height, 30-day-per-calendar-year cap, located out of the public right-of-way and at least 12 feet from the edge of pavement, with property-owner permission. Off-premise signs on utility poles, ROW, fences, benches, trees, or rocks are prohibited and removed by City Staff.
Residential yard and garage sales in Hendersonville operate without a city-wide yard-sale permit program for occasional sales of personal household items by the resident on their own property. (1) Peddlers / non-resident sales — Municipal Code Title 9, Chapter 1 (Peddlers Ordinance) regulates traveling vendors and short-duration sales activity. Per the City's Mobile Vendor Checklist, 'Food trucks which do not remain on any lot for more than one (1) hour shall abide by the requirements of the Peddlers Ordinance contained in the Municipal Code, Title 9, Chapter 1 rather than the standards of this sub-chapter. Please contact the City Hall front office regarding the Peddlers Permit at 615-822-1000.' Recurring or commercial-style yard sales (e.g., reselling acquired inventory regularly) would likely fall under this peddlers framework or require home-occupation zoning approval through the Planning Department. (2) Yard sale signs — fall under Chapter 13.3.2.10 of the Zoning Ordinance (Temporary Signs). Residential Temporary Ground Signs (no banners) are limited to one per lot/road frontage, maximum 9 sq ft and 4 ft height in residential zones, 30-day-per-calendar-year cumulative display window, located out of the public right-of-way and at least 12 feet from the edge of pavement, with property-owner permission. (3) Right-of-way and off-premise signs are PROHIBITED — the Prohibited Signs guidance bans signs in the public right-of-way (except narrow government/utility exceptions), on utility poles, on fences, on benches, on trees/vegetation/rocks, and as vehicle signs; violations are removed by City Staff with possible per-sign fines, and for traffic-hazard signs the Planning Department removes after 10 days of notice with cost becoming a lien on the property. (4) Tax — Tennessee imposes a 7% state sales tax plus local option in Sumner County; occasional yard sales of personal household items by an individual generally do not trigger collection obligations under TN Department of Revenue casual/isolated-sale rules. (5) Enforcement — Planning Department 615-264-5316 for signage; City Hall front office 615-822-1000 for Peddlers Permit questions.
Off-premise signs in the right-of-way, on utility poles, fences, benches, trees, or rocks are removed by City Staff with possible per-sign fines (10-day notice for traffic-hazard signs before Planning Department abatement and lien). Recurring/commercial yard sales conducted without the required Peddlers Permit (Title 9 Ch. 1) or home-occupation zoning approval may trigger Zoning Enforcement action (7–60 day correction window before citation).
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