City eases restrictions on yard sales

At the suggestion of Ward 2 Councilman Donald Wilson, the council agreed to allow residents to double the number of yard sales at any one address. The measure lasts through January of 2010.

Currently, city ordinance limits yard sales to one every six months at each residence. A permit is required, but there is no charge for the permit.

The change will allow two yard sales per six months at any address.

Wilson had proposed allowing unlimited sales, a notion city manager Clarence Bryant opposed, expressing the concern that some people would wind up holding sales virtually every weekend.

“That causes a lot of problems in neighborhoods,” Bryant said, asking that the council put some limit on the number.
Mayor Charles L. Hardy Jr. proposed doubling the number of sales to four per year.