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BK -00028 PG -0365 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LEE COUNTY UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners for Lee County, North Carolina that the Unified Development Ordinance be, and it hereby is, amended as follows: Section 1. That Appendix A., A-3 DEFINITIONS be amended to add a term and definition for "Yard Sale" as follows: YARD SALE All general sales, open to the public, conducted for the purpose of disposing of used personal household items including, but not limited to, all sales entitled "garage", "yard", "attic " 'porch ", "patio ", "rummage ", or "moving sale ". Yard sales shall be permitted as an accessory to any residential use on any property that contains a dwelling unit subject to the following conditions: • A yard sale shall be conducted on the property of the owner or tenant conducting the event. • Yard sales shall be conducted only during daylight hours. • Merchandise purchased for resale or obtained on consignment is prohibited. • Yard sale are limited to two (2) events within a ninety (90) consecutive day period. • Yard sale events shall not exceed two (2) consecutive days. • All personal property exhibited outdoors during the sale shall be placed within a building or otherwise removed from the premises immediately following the end of sale. • No zoning or temporary use permit is required for yard sales as defined in this ordinance. • Any sale (or display) of merchandise on a residential lot (or lot zoned for residential) that does not conform to the standards as defined within this section for a yard sale shall be considered a business use and shall be prohibited. Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its adoption. Adopted this the 18th day of July, 2016. APPROVED AS TO F Whitney P. Pan , County Attorney Amy M. Dalrymple, Chair Lee County Board of Commissioners