3 rules for unincorporated Orange County, North Carolina.
Verified from official government sources
Unincorporated Orange County requires no permit for a garage or yard sale, but its development ordinance limits sales to four per year, three consecutive days each, of the owner's own belongings. Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsborough set their own rules.
Orange County's development ordinance caps garage and yard sales at four per property each year, with every sale limited to three consecutive days. The limit keeps a home from becoming an unlicensed retail operation.
Yard sales in Orange County are short daytime events of up to three consecutive days. Sale signs may go up no more than one day ahead, must stay under four square feet on the property itself, and come down by sunset on the last day.
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