Yard Sales - Rules
Yard sales are an excellent way to minimize waste and maximize the reuse and recycling of household items in addition to putting some extra money in your pocket. There are, however, municipal bylaws that regulate yard sales.
Effective May 1, 2016, all yard sales shall be registered with the Town of Hanover. Residents having a yard sale can download the registration form online (www.hanover.ca/yard-sale), and submit either in person at the Municipal Office, by mail to the Municipal Office, or by email, at least one week in advance of having a yard sale.
Residents will benefit from free advertising of their yard sale via the Town of Hanover website.
How often can I have a sale?
Sales are permitted a maximum of three (3) times per year, at any one (1) location and, for no longer than two (2) consecutive days.
Comprehensive Zoning By-Law 2912-15
What is a yard sale?
3.110 ”Garage Sales / Yard Sales”
Means any sale or intended sale described by the use of the following words or expressions or any enlargement, contraction or combination thereof: garage sale, yard sale, lawn sale, moving sale or any other wording used to describe the selling of used goods from a person(s) property not in the ordinary course of a Retail Business and shall not include new articles brought to the sale for retail.
How many yard sales can I have?
6.35 Garage Sales / Yard Sales
Yard sales / garage sales are permitted in any zone, except that there shall not be more than three (3) such sales per annum at any one (1) location and no such sale shall exceed two (2) consecutive days in duration.
What types of signs are allowed?
Hanover Sign By-Law 2916-15
Except as may otherwise be permitted pursuant to this By-Law, no person shall erect any temporary or permanent sign, advertising device, announcement, advertisement, sandwich board sign, notice, garage/yard sale sign, portable sign, bicycle stand, taxi stand, vending machine, weigh scales, newsstand, dodgers, hand bill, or similar device for whatever purpose, shall not be permitted to project over or extend across, or be placed upon any public highway, or in any manner be located on any curb, boulevard, sidewalk, attached to a public lamp, utility poles, trees, bridge piers hydrant, or any other structures or features located on any street or bridge, pier, or any other structure within the limits of any street within the Town of Hanover, without the written permission of the Town of Hanover.
Questions? Please contact Ken Campbell for more information:
|519.364.2780 x 1249
kcampbell@hanover.ca
