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Newport News Police Department - Administrative Manual
ADM-450 - SPECIAL SALE PERMITS
Amends/Supersedes: ADM-450 (09/17/2012) Date of Issue: 02/21/2022
I. GENERAL
The Police Department will issue special sale permits under City Ordinance Sec. 32-1 & Sec. 32-
2. These permits shall be issued by designated personnel in the Records Unit and designated patrol
precincts. [17.4.2(e)]
II. PROCEDURE
A. Garage/Yard Sale Permits
1. Application for a Permit
a. An applicant is defined as any member of a household residing at the particular address
in question, regardless of whether the resident of the address has any relationship to the
other individuals living at the address (i.e., multiple adults living at the same address).
b. The sale location shall be the applicant's usual place of residence.
NOTE: If the applicant lives in a multi-family housing complex where the applicant
does not own the property and does not have their own lawn area, then written
permission must be obtained from the apartment owner or manager to use the
shared lawn area for their sale.
c. The applicant shall complete a Permit Application for Garage Sale (NNPD Form #108)
requesting a permit to be issued.
NOTE: The applicant shall sign the application acknowledging receipt of a copy of
City Ordinance Sec. 37-2, and retain the top section of the application.
d. Garage/Yard Sale Permits shall be issued only for sales conducted at the applicant's
usual place of residence. Four (4) permits per year may be issued to an applicant
residing at a particular address provided that no less than forty-five (45) days have
elapsed between the expiration of each permit and the issuance of a subsequent permit.
The limitation on the allowable number of permits shall apply to applications made by
the same applicant for a particular address, to applications made by a member of the
applicant's immediate family (parent, child, or sibling), and to applications made by
any other person residing at such place of residence.
2. Issuance of the Garage/Yard Sale Permit [17.4.2(b,d)]
The Police Department personnel handling the application for a Garage/Yard Sale Permit
will:
a. Complete the multi-part Garage/Yard Sale Permit, to include:
1) The date received;
2) The applicant’s name and address;
3) The name of the person picking up the permit for the applicant (if applicable);
4) And the number of families participating in the sale.
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