Aberdeen sets the firmest cap in Harford County: four garage sales per property per year, three consecutive days each, twelve days total. The county and the other towns set no fixed number for occasional home sales.
How often you can hold a sale is a town matter in Harford County, and Aberdeen is the most specific. Municipal Code 17.56.095 limits any residential property to four sales per calendar year, each lasting no more than three consecutive days, for a total of no more than twelve days a year; city-sponsored community-wide sales do not count against that cap. Harford County itself sets no numeric limit, and Bel Air and Havre de Grace publish no hard annual count for genuine occasional sales. The practical line everywhere is between an occasional household sale and a recurring operation that amounts to running a retail business from a home.
Exceeding Aberdeen's four-sale, twelve-day allowance loses the accessory-use status and can bring a zoning citation. Elsewhere, repeatedly holding sales can be treated as operating an unlicensed home business and cited under zoning.
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