Brownsville caps residential garage sales through its zoning code: private citizens may sell on their own property, but only one sale per three-month period, and no single sale may run longer than five consecutive days.
The rule sits in the development regulations rather than the business chapter. Section 4.4.5 lists garage sales among temporary uses, alongside festivals and temporary storage containers. Two limits apply: one sale per three-month window, and a five-consecutive-day ceiling on each sale. The sale must happen on the seller's own property. Offering goods for sale from streets, sidewalks, or vacant lots along the corridors named in section 22-1 — Boca Chica Boulevard, Paredes Line Road, Palm Boulevard, International Boulevard and others — is a separate offense, so a driveway sale stands while a roadside setup does not.
Garage sale limits live in the zoning code, so a violation draws a fine up to $2,000.00 per offense under section 1-13(a)(1).
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