Bolingbrook, IL Garage & Yard Sales: Frequency, Duration & Permits (2026)

Under Sec. 54-286(7) of the Bolingbrook Code of Ordinances, a garage or yard sale conducted on private property in a residential district for the display and sale of household and personal items is a permitted temporary use only if it occurs for a period not to exceed six days in a calendar year. The code defines "garage sale" broadly in Sec. 54-2 to include yard sales, basement sales, and attic sales: a temporary display and sale of unwanted household items and belongings, usually by the persons residing on the lot.

Because temporary uses under Article IV of the zoning chapter require a zoning certificate issued by the village before the use begins, a resident planning a multi-day sale should confirm with the zoning administrator whether a certificate is needed before setting up tables and signage. The six-day annual limit is a hard cap: it is not six days per sale event but six total days across the calendar year, so residents who hold a spring sale and a fall sale must divide the six days between them.

The provision sits alongside other temporary-use limits in the same section, including sidewalk sales (four days, up to three times a year) and seasonal produce sales (four months), showing the village calibrates duration allowances by use type rather than applying one blanket rule.