Prior to holding a garage or yard sale, a garage sale permit shall be obtained from the Planning Department.

Garage and yard sales shall be permitted for a maximum of 12 days per calendar year on the first Saturday of each month. Garage and yard sales held on any other day shall be in violation of the Compton Municipal Code. Only one sale shall be permitted per lot, irrespective of the number of residential units. All applications must be submitted by the Monday prior to the Saturday sales date.

Garage and yard sales shall only be conducted between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and sunset.

Garage and yard sales shall only display and sell residential household items and the display and sale of new or nonresidential merchandise shall not be permitted.

Garage and yard sales shall be conducted entirely on private residential property. No items may be displayed on public parkways or rights-of-way or on residential perimeter fences.

The violation of this subsection is an infraction. The penalty for the violation of this subsection is a fine of $50 for the first violation, $75 for the second violation and $100 for each additional violation of this subsection within one year. The City Attorney shall have the authority to file the violation as a misdemeanor when a continuing violation is shown to exist. A continuing violation is deemed to be two or more violations for the same or different sections of the Municipal Code whereupon the violator was previously cited for an infraction.