yard sale laws or regulations

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cms2000

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Can anyone tell me if there are any laws or regulations on how many yard sales a person or persons can have in St. Mary's county? Thanks
 
glhs837

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As many as they want, really. No limit. I know of two that are held every weekend, all summer long.
 
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cms2000

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are you 100% sure there is no limit? I have been told different from a county official but they could not show me any document to prove it.
 
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swm462

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If it is your lawn, do what you want. If it is their lawn, let them do what they want. Screw the county official, and whatever silly laws there are concerning "yard sales".
 
aps45819

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swm462 said:
If it is your lawn, do what you want. If it is their lawn, let them do what they want. Screw the county official, and whatever silly laws there are concerning "yard sales".
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I don't care if my neighbor has a yard sale but I don't want a weekend retail sales outlet, with the associated noise and traffic, next door.
 
glhs837

glhs837

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Advanced search, titles only, search term "yard and sale". We've covered this before, there is no legal recourse if you dont want such next to you, and that's that. They can have as many as you want, no permits, at least not on a county level. As long as they manage parking so that it doesn't impede traffic, they are good.
 
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cms2000

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I would say the same thing "let them make a few dollars" and leave them alone. If we as tax payers keep allowing the government to make up BS laws this will not be the land of the free anymore.
 
glhs837

glhs837

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The problem comes from the standard "your right to swing your fist around stops when it hits my nose". If your weekly yard sales leads to people parked in front of my house every Saturday, and crowds of people that are not the norm for a residential neighborhood, then your right to make a few bucks in impinging on my right to enjoy the house I bought.

Places zoned residential are just that residential, and playing around in the loopholes to run what is essentially an open air thrift store is bull, IMHO. If it were my neighbor, I just might file a civil suit. You want to open a thrift store, go ahead, but not in your yard.

See, one reason we end up with BS laws is that people act in a BS fashion. Like stupid warning labels that we get becuase people wont apply common sense, and then sue when hurt "Dont drop radio in bathtub".
 
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Merlin99

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glhs837 said:
The problem comes from the standard "your right to swing your fist around stops when it hits my nose". If your weekly yard sales leads to people parked in front of my house every Saturday, and crowds of people that are not the norm for a residential neighborhood, then your right to make a few bucks in impinging on my right to enjoy the house I bought.

Places zoned residential are just that residential, and playing around in the loopholes to run what is essentially an open air thrift store is bull, IMHO. If it were my neighbor, I just might file a civil suit. You want to open a thrift store, go ahead, but not in your yard.

See, one reason we end up with BS laws is that people act in a BS fashion. Like stupid warning labels that we get becuase people wont apply common sense, and then sue when hurt "Dont drop radio in bathtub".
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Don't really agree with that, I think it's more whiny people with a lawyers phone number.
 
glhs837

glhs837

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The other was on Chancellors Run, but she stopped with the construction. See, Merlin, used to be, community disapproval would tend to self regulate such behavior, but that stopped being a factor long ago. So, are you saying that such behavior is okay, and you would be okay with this happening next to your house?
 
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