§ 190-2. Purpose.

The legislative intent and purpose of this chapter are to adopt a new chapter in the Town of Hamburg Code to establish conditions pursuant to which residents may conduct occasional garage and/or yard sales at their premises within the Town. It has come to the attention of the Town Board that a number of residents are having frequent and/or repeated garage and yard sales at their homes, in effect turning their residential premises into a site where retail business is conducted in a residential area. The Town Board has determined that in order to promote the public health, safety, general welfare, and convenience of the residents of the Town of Hamburg, it has become necessary to restrict such garage and yard sales in residential zoning districts. Such sales, if continued without limitation, tend to have the effect of establishing retail businesses in residential areas, creating a public nuisance and altering and compromising the residential character of the neighborhoods and otherwise violating the spirit and intent of the Town Zoning Code.