3 rules for unincorporated Sumner County, Tennessee.
Verified from official government sources
The unincorporated county requires no permit for a household yard sale; the zoning resolution lists it as a permitted accessory use on your own residential lot, subject to duration and frequency limits. Cities and HOAs may add their own rules.
Sumner County, TN, Zoning Resolution Sec. 403 (Permitted Accessory Uses), eff. June 26, 2023
Yard sale of personal/household items from a residence ... but only if; Sale occurs no more than three (3) days in a ninety (90) day period of time, and; No more than four (4) times a year.
Sumner County's zoning resolution caps residential yard sales at no more than four per year, with each sale lasting no more than three days in any ninety-day period. Exceeding that turns an accessory use into an unpermitted business.
Sumner County, TN, Zoning Resolution Sec. 403 (Permitted Accessory Uses), eff. June 26, 2023
Yard sale of personal/household items from a residence ... but only if; Sale occurs no more than three (3) days in a ninety (90) day period of time, and; No more than four (4) times a year.
Sumner County's zoning resolution sets no fixed opening and closing hours for yard sales, so daytime hours are customary. The real time limit is duration: no more than three days per sale within any ninety-day period.
Sumner County, TN, Zoning Resolution Sec. 403 (Permitted Accessory Uses), eff. June 26, 2023
Sale occurs no more than three (3) days in a ninety (90) day period of time, and; No more than four (4) times a year.
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