Yard and garage sales are subject to the following requirements:

718.1 Deposit and Permit.

Every person/applicant desiring to conduct a yard or garage sale in the Town of Alto, Georgia, shall make an application for a permit to conduct such sale with the Town Clerk at the Town Hall on 162 S Grant Street, Alto, Georgia.

Upon making the application, applicant shall be assigned a permit, having a designated permit number, which shall be displayed during the sale.

Applicant, at the same time as making out their application with the Town Clerk, shall pay a $25.00 deposit which will be refundable so long as certain conditions are met.

718.2 Completion of Sale and Refund of Deposit.

After the yard or garage sale is conducted, all signs and trash collected on the premises, and all signs advertising the sale placed at other locations, shall be removed within twenty-four hours after the sale. After the premises have been inspected by an agent of the Town of Alto, and it is shown that the signs have been removed and trash collected, the permit shall be signed by an agent of the Town of Alto which, upon the return of the permit to the Town Clerk at the Town Hall in Alto, shall allow the Town Clerk to refund to the person/applicant the $25.00 deposit. Failure of the applicant to remove all signs and collect all trash, or the failure of the person/applicant to receive the signature of an agent of the Town of Alto shall result in the forfeiture of the $25.00 deposit in order to provide funds to allow the Town to conduct such clean up.

718.3 Number of Sales Limited and Duration of Sale.

Each household, which shall include all residents of the household, in the Town of Alto is limited to five yard or garage sales during the calendar year. Any household conducting more than five authorized sales per year shall be liable for the Town Occupational Tax. Duration of Yard sales and or Garage Sales shall be limited to 3 consecutive days in a row for each event or sale counted as one sale. Duration of event or sale less than 3 days shall also be considered an event or sale counted as one.

718.4 Signs.

No signs advertising a yard or garage sale shall be placed on Traffic Directional Signs.

718.5 Signs for Non-resident Sales Prohibited.

It shall be unlawful for anyone residing outside the Town of Alto, Georgia to advertise a yard or garage sale, which is to be conducted outside the Town Limits of Alto, Georgia by placing of signs on street right-of-ways, highway right-of-ways and utility poles within the Corporate Limits of the Town of Alto, Georgia. Any agent of the Town of Alto, Georgia is hereby authorized to remove said signs.

718.6 Maintenance of Traffic Movement.

Any person conducting a yard or garage sale shall be responsible for the street being kept clear for the movement of traffic during the time of said sale.

718.7 Limitation of Items to be Sold.

Yard and garage sales will be allowed for the sale of household goods and clothing provided that no person, group or organization involved in the sale of such household goods shall offer for sale other items or goods which have been purchased for the purpose of resale.