Yard Sales/Fundraising Events May Soon Require Business Permits in Sylacauga

Sylacauga council members introduced an ordinance that would require individuals operating yard sales or fundraising events to obtain a local business permit.

Residents would have to apply for each event independently and they would be limited to operating only two events each year.

Cost for the permit would be a minimal $5 per event. Violators, however, would have to pay between $25 to $500 in fines and they could face a possible prison sentence.

According to The Daily Home, individuals operating businesses, pretending to be fundraising, have caused the city to propose regulating these events. “The council heard complaints from a local car wash owner at a previous work session. He claimed a car wash claiming to be a fundraiser had been setting up every weekend near his establishment.”

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