Lacombe to regulate multi-day garage sales
LACOMBE – In response to citizen concerns, Lacombe City Council has approved amendments to the Nuisance Bylaw to regulate multi-day garage sales and provide enforcement on a complaint basis.
The Nuisance Bylaw includes a new set of regulations governing garage sales based on:
1. Length – Properties can hold up to six days of garage sales per calendar year. The rules apply to a specific garage sale per property, so a group of individuals cannot combine garage sales to extend past the combined six days on the same property.
2. Hours of operation – 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week.
3. Location – rules applies to garage sales that take place in residential districts only.
4. Tidiness – rules would be in place to ensure that garage sales are no untidy.
“If a property owner or tenant fails to meet the above conditions, they would have created a nuisance and would be subject to a fine and/or an order to remedy the unsightly conditions,” said Chief Administrative Officer Dion Pollard.