Burleson, TX Garage & Yard Sales: Frequency, Duration & Permits (2026)

Chapter 66, Article II of the Burleson Code of Ordinances governs garage sales in the City of Burleson, Texas. Section 66-31 defines a garage sale as the sale of tangible personal property or used or unwanted household items held in the garage, driveway or yard of the seller's residence, or in the parking lot or sidewalk of a non-residential property. The definition expressly includes yard sales, estate sales, occasional sales and similar terms, so renaming the event does not take it outside the permit rule.

Under § 66-32(a), a permit is required to hold or have a garage sale. The permit is issued to the owner or tenant of the residence, or to the owner of the non-residential property. A sale on non-residential property needs this permit in addition to any special event sales or temporary outdoor sales the zoning regulations allow.

Section 66-32(b) sets the frequency cap. The count is tied to the property: no more than two garage sales on a property during any calendar year period from January 1 to December 31. Each sale is limited to three consecutive calendar days. A resident who burns through both sales in the spring has no third sale available at that address until January 1.

Section 66-32(c) adds conditions on what is sold. Goods are sold only on the premises of the owner or tenant of the residence, or the owner of the non-residential property, and that person must be the legal owner of the goods at the time of the sale. Items stay in the garage, porch, patio or yard of a residence, or the parking lot or sidewalk of a non-residential property. New merchandise, meaning merchandise acquired solely for the purpose of resale, cannot be sold at a garage sale.

Section 66-32(d) covers weather. If a permit holder has bought a garage sale permit and the majority of the scheduled dates are affected by rain or other inclement weather, as determined by the building official, a rain-out permit can be issued. The new permit must be issued within 30 days of the date of the original permit. When a permit covers two or three days and the weather affects only one day, no rain-out permit is issued.