Ashwaubenon, WI Garage & Yard Sales: Frequency, Duration & Permits (2026)

Chapter 17's Accessory Uses article, § 17-4-400, opens with a list of accessory uses flatly prohibited in residential zone districts: automotive or light-truck repair and sales, welding or metalworking shops, machine and tool-and-die shops, HVAC-type businesses, storage of heavy equipment like backhoes or bulldozers, restaurants, and antique shops all appear alongside item (i), households holding rummage sales more than four times per year. Because the rule is framed as a prohibition once the fourth sale is exceeded, a resident who runs a fifth garage or rummage sale in a calendar year has created a prohibited accessory use on a residential lot.

There's no separate license, fee, or hours cap for an individual sale anywhere in the Village's code; the only restriction found is the annual count. The prohibited list closes with a catch-all at item (j) barring any other use or occupation that would negatively affect the neighborhood or adjacent property values, giving the Village a second hook if a particular sale creates traffic, noise, or parking problems even within the four-sale limit. Enforcement of the accessory-use list runs through Chapter 17's Article 9 enforcement clause and the Municipal Code's general penalty provision.