DEPARTMENT: Development Services Department
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Roderick Sanchez
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT:
Updated agreement between the City of San Antonio and HEB Grocery Company, LP ("HEB") to sell garage sale permits at HEB Business Centers.
SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes the City to update the current agreement between the City of San Antonio and HEB Stores to sell garage sale permits at HEB Business Centers. The updated agreement includes revisions to the permit issuance procedures that will provide improved efficiencies, better code enforcement of garage sale permits and cost savings to the City and HEB.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The City's garage sale permit requirements (City Code Chapter 16, Article XII) were established in 1988 in order to preserve, enhance and perpetuate the economic value and the residential character of the city's neighborhoods. The garage sales regulations are intended to protect residential areas from permanent encroachment of commercial uses, protect the aesthetic qualities of neighborhoods and to ensure the harmonious and orderly operation of garage sales in residential areas. The requirements include limits on the number of permitted garage sales per year per address (4), limits on the duration and hours of operation, signage requirements, permit fees and penalties for violations. This proposed ordinance does not include any changes to the garage sale requirements.
In 2004, as a public convenience to citizens, the City partnered with HEB to sell permits at their approximately 37 locations. This agreement has not been updated since it was created in 2004 and remains in effect today. Since 2009, the City has issued 297,000 garage sale permits. The current partnership with HEB has proven vital as 89% of all garage sale permits issued since 2009 were purchased at HEB Business Centers. The remaining 11% were sold through the City's Development and Business S...
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