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It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct a Sidewalk Sale without first obtaining a license.
76 South Orange Avenue, Suite 302
South Orange, NJ 07079
(973) 378-7715
www.southorange.org
Guidelines
Entitled Rain Date
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IMPORTANT: If this property is NOT a Residential property, then a Sidewalk Sale license CANNOT be issued for this address.

CODE OF THE SOUTH ORANGE VILLAGE

§138-40 Sidewalk Displays Restricted

A. No person shall place or cause, suffer or permit to be placed or maintained on or over any public sidewalk or other public walk of the village any showcase or stand or other construction or device for the display of merchandise, except as permitted by the Board Council members pursuant to §138-40D.

B. No person shall display or cause, permit or suffer to be displayed on or over any such public sidewalk or other public walk of the village any merchandise for sale or advertisement, except as permitted by the Board Council members pursuant to §138-40D.

C. Nothing in this section is intended to prevent the occupant of any building or a part of a building from making reasonable use of the sidewalk adjacent to the premises so occupied for loading or unloading furniture, fixtures, goods and merchandise, subject, however, to traffic and parking regulations or other ordinances and regulations applicable thereto, nor to prevent receptacles for garbage, ashes or refuse being placed temporarily upon the sidewalk in accordance with ordinances or other regulations applicable thereto.

D. The Board Council members may permit an outdoor display and/or sales on sidewalks and adjoining areas subject to the conditions contained herein. Following the adoption of an enabling resolution, a permit may be issued by the Village Clerk upon receipt of an application for a sidewalk sale and/or display.

E. A permit for an outdoor display and/or sale shall only be given if the applicant satisfies all of the following criteria:

F. Any permits issued hereunder shall be for no greater period of time than three consecutive days, with appropriate provisions for alternate days because of inclement weather, with hours of display and/or sale subject to the approval of the Board Council members.

G. The frequency of the issuance of permits shall be limited as follows:

  1. No permit shall be issued to any single commercial entity more than twice per calendar year.
  2. No permit shall be issued to a mercantile organization more than twice per calendar year.

H. The frequency of the participation in displays and/or sales shall be limited as follows:

  1. No person, partnership or any other business entity shall conduct more than two displays and/or sales per year, except as provided in §138-40H[3].
  2. No mercantile organization shall conduct more than two displays and/or sales per year.

I. Fees for displays and/or sales are as follows:

  1. A person, partnership or other business entity shall pay a fee of $25 for each permit issued.
  2. A mercantile organization shall pay a fee of $100 for each permit issued.

J. The requirements of this section shall not apply to the following, provided that an official uniform, clothing or other suitable identification approved by the Board Council members is displayed:

  1. Any recognized local nonprofit religious, charitable, educational or civic organization.
  2. Any such organization as the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, local volunteer fire department or local volunteer ambulance unit.

K. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished in accordance with §1-20, General penalty.

  • Applicant Information
  • Sale Information
  • Fees, Attachments & Certification
Phone #
ZIP
Applicant Information
Organization Name
State
Email
If you are applying on behalf of a Non-Profit Organization, please list the details of each office below and attach a copy of your organization's 5013C or registration with the state or Federal Government to the attachments field at the end of this form.
State
Are you the Property Owner?
Full Name
Phone #
Applicant Type
If you are NOT the property owner please fill out the information below. You also MUST attach a copy of the letter of consent from the owner of this property to this application.
Are you applying on behalf of a non-profit organization?
City
City
Owner's Name
Address
Is Applicant a bona fide commercial entity or mercantile organization?
Address
ZIP
§127-31 License Regulated
A. A license shall be issued to any one household only twice within a twelve-month period, and no license shall be issued for more than four consecutive calendar days.

Provide details of previous sales within the same calendar year (if applicable)

Is there a previous Sale?
Rain Date End Date
Date of Previous Sale
Rain Date Start Date
End Date & Time
Start Date & Time
Will a tent be used?
Sale Information
ZIP
How many consecutive days is the sale? (Max 3)
§127-31 License Required
It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct a Sidewalk Sale without first obtaining a license therefore in compliance with the provisions of this Article.

§127-29 Hours of sale
All Sidewalk Sales shall be conducted between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. only

State
§127-31 License Regulated
B. In the event the inclement weather causes a scheduled sale to be cancelled, the holder of the license shall be entitled to hold the sale the following week, on the same day of the week as originally scheduled, upon first presenting the license to the Village Clerk, who shall make the necessary date changes thereon.
Date of Previous Sale
City
Nature of Previous Sale
Address of Sale
Nature of Previous Sale
Is there a previous Sale?
Previous Sales
Rain Date
Description of Sale
If 'Yes', specify the size of the tent
Type Full Name :
Sign With Hand
By signing below, the applicant affirms that the information contained above is true, correct, accurate and known to the applicant to be so. The applicant also acknowledges that he/she has read extracts of § 138-40 of the Code of the South Orange Village and agrees to abide by the provisions of same.
Fee
Attach any necessary supporting documents to this application below. (Property Owner Letter of Consent, copy of 5013C, charity registration, copy of the letter for non-profit organization, etc.)
Ownership Type Fee
Person, Partnership, Business Entity $25.00
Mercantile Organization $100.00
§127-31 License Regulated
C. Each license issued under this article must be prominently displayed on the premises and visible from the street upon which the sale is conducted throughout the entire period of the licensed sale.

D. The person to whom such license is issued and the owner or tenant of the premises on which such sale or activity is conducted shall be jointly and severally responsible for the maintenance of good order and decorum on the premises during all hours of such sale or activity. No such persons shall permit any loud or boisterous conduct on said premises nor permit vehicles to impede the passage of traffic on any roads or streets in the area of such premises. All such persons shall obey the reasonable orders of any member of the Police or Fire Department of the South Orange Village in order to maintain the public health, safety and welfare. All licensed premises shall be subject to the ordinances of the South Orange Village and shall be subject to inspection at all times by the Building inspector, Chief of Police and Fire Chief, or any of their agents or any other duly authorized representative of the South Orange Village.

E. The issuance of a license does not authorize any person to offer for sale mattresses, bedsprings, cots, lounges and sofas during any sale authorized under this Article without first complying with the appropriate section of N.J.S.A. 26:10-1 through 26:10-18, with respect to the labeling, sterilizing and disinfecting of said mattresses, bedsprings, cots, lounges and sofas.

Certification
Attachments
Fee Schedule
Applicant Signature