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BUSINESS LICENSES AND REGISTRATIONS 

Auburn is proud to introduce our new online licensing portal, SmartGov!

For license applications and renewals, please visit SmartGov to sign up.

The following licenses can be applied for and renewed online using SmartGov:

  • Automobile Grave/Junk Yard
  • Flea Market/Craft Fair
  • Food Service Establishment
  • Itinerant Vendor
  • Lodging Establishment
  • Marijuana Establishment
  • Massage Establishment/Therapist
  • Pawnshop, Pawn Broker, Secondhand Dealer
  • Roller Skating Rink with Part or Full Kitchen
  • Special Amusement
  • Tattoo Artist
  • Taxi Cab Buisness
  • Home Occupation

The following licenses are not available in SmartGov.  If your business requires one of these licenses, please contact our office: 

  • Motion picture theaters
  • Circuses/Traveling Amusement
  • Coin-op
  • Adult Amusement Device
  • Exhibition/Performance/Show
  • Outpatient Addiction Treatment Clinic
  • Pool Hall
  • Going-Out-Of-Business/Closeout Sales
  • Agricultural Barn Sales
  • Juke Box
  • Special Event/Mass Gathering
  • All State liquor licenses, including catering permits
  • Beano/Bingo Games of Chance
  • DBA/Sole Proprietor Registration & Partnership Registration/Withdrawal

Clerk's Office (General Business Licensing):

    Hours:  Monday through Friday, 8:30am to 4:00pm  | 207.333.6601 ext. 1121

   Marijuana Licensing:

    Hours:  Monday through Wednesday | 207.333.6601 ext. 1162

 

Garage Sale/Yard Sale Permit

Garage Sale/Yard Sale Permit

  • IMPORTANT: By ordinance, only the sale of donated personal property and the sale of personal property owned, used and maintained for personal use only by the seller, and not for resale to the public, shall be permitted to be sold from residential premises, and only with a (free) permit from the city.

    • Sale must cannot be for more than three consecutive days.
    • No more than two permits shall be issued for such sales upon residential premises in any six month period.
    • Two or more people may hold a garage sale jointly at one location upon obtaining a permit. The person who resides at the location where the yard sale is to be held shall be listed as the applicant.
    • Neighborhood yard sales are permitted. The organizer shall complete this application and list any additional participants. 
    • No more than one neighborhood yard sale is permitted on the same street per 6-month period.
    • One single-sided sign no more than 4 square feet in total area may be placed on the residential site where the sale will be held, and ONLY for the duration of the sale itself (not in advance).
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