SALEM — A Salem woman who held backyard garage sales to help pay her bills for terminal bone marrow cancer has received a shutdown notice from the city of Salem.

KATU-TV reported Jan Cline lost her job and was looking for extra income after her cancer diagnosis. Her illness causes holes in her bones that leave them vulnerable to fractures.

Cline says the garage sales were bringing in several hundred dollars each weekend until a neighbor complained.

The city says its rules are intended to prevent permanent flea market-type sales on residential properties. It limits residents to three yard sales per year.