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

Chapter 92 of the Carrollton Code of Ordinances treats garage sales as a regulated nuisance topic alongside home occupations and parking. Section 92.30 opens by permitting garage sales in all residential districts, then immediately states that conducting one "in violation of these provisions" is "a nuisance and shall be deemed unlawful." Section 92.31 supplies the actual numeric limits: a dwelling address may hold "a maximum of four garage sales per year," each sale is capped at "three consecutive days in duration," and the city requires "at least 30 days between each separate garage sale." All three limits apply per address rather than per resident, so a household cannot reset the four-sale annual cap by rotating which household member is listed as the seller, and a sale that runs a fourth consecutive day, or that starts before the prior sale's 30-day cooling-off period ends, is out of compliance even if it is within the yearly total.

Enforcement runs through the designated city official, who under § 92.34 gives notice personally, by mail, or by posting at the property, though § 92.34(B) makes clear that a missed notice is not a defense to prosecution for a violation of § 92.31. A conviction is a misdemeanor under § 92.99, punishable under § 10.99 with fines up to $2,000 per offense under § 10.99(A)(2)(f), and each day a sale runs past its allowed limits is treated as a separate offense. The city's separate sign rules for garage sales are set out in § 92.32, a distinct provision from the frequency cap in § 92.31.