The City of Conway hereby gives public notice that effective immediately, the following provisions of the City Garage Sale Ordinance shall be strictly enforced.
A garage sale is hereby defined to mean the sale of any used personal property, which sale is conducted on or about the premises of a private residence, by any resident of a neighborhood, one of whom must be the occupant of the premises and which sale is open to the public.
It shall be unlawful for anyone to conduct a garage sale on the area described in Section 1 without first obtaining a permit from the Finance office of the City of Conway for each sale and such permit shall be posted at the site of the sale. The fee required for such permit shall be ten ($10) dollars. The maximum period of each permit is two consecutive days. The maximum number of permits allowed per year is four for any one family unit, location, lot or premises. All participants in any joint sale must be named on the permit.
Parking shall be provided for all persons attending the sale in a manner that would not affect the free flow of traffic on a public street near a garage sale.
No new merchandise shall be purchased and brought upon the premises for resale. Merchandise for sale shall be limited to used property owned by those named on the permit.
The sale shall be limited to the hours between 8:00AM and 8:00PM. No Sunday sales will be allowed under the provisions of this ordinance.
The use of a public address system is prohibited by garage sales.
Alcoholic beverages of any type shall not be served or given on or near the premises where a garage sale is held.
Goods for sale shall not be displayed on public property. Neither shall goods be displayed on private property in a manner which will materially impede visibility or pedestrian or vehicular traffic on or off the premises.
For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this ordinance, the City of Conway, South Carolina, its proper nominees, representatives and employees shall have the right of entry to any premises showing evidence of a garage sale and may close the premises from such a sale where any provisions of this ordinance are being violated.
Violation of this ordinance or failure to comply with any of its provisions is punishable by an imprisonment of not exceeding thirty (30) days or by fine not exceeding Two Hundred ($200) Dollars, and each violation shall constitute a separate offense.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place any signs, announcements, posters, placards or advertising matter on any posts or trees on the right-of-way of any street or sidewalk within the City.