Ridgewood requires a Village Clerk permit for any residential garage sale, limits sales to two consecutive days twice per year, and restricts on-site signage to two signs.
Ridgewood Chapter 163 makes it unlawful to conduct a garage sale within the Village without first obtaining a permit from the Village Clerk. Permit fees are set in Chapter 145. The ordinance covers garage, lawn, attic, rummage, flea market, and estate sales of personal property advertised to the public from residential zones. No garage sale may be licensed for more than two consecutive days, no person may conduct more than two garage sales in a calendar year, and no premises may host more than two sales per year. The permit must be prominently displayed during the sale. Temporary signage is allowed only during the sale and only on the sale premises, with no more than two signs, each no larger than four square feet, and no signs in public rights-of-way or sidewalks.
Holding a garage sale without a permit, exceeding the two-sale-per-year limit, posting signs on public property, or running more than two days subjects the host to municipal court enforcement.
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