Carrollton, TX Garage & Yard Sales: Frequency, Duration & Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Annual cap
- 4 garage sales per dwelling address per year
- Duration limit
- 3 consecutive days per sale, max
- Cooling-off period
- 30 days required between separate sales
- Max penalty
- $2,000 per offense, § 10.99(A)(2)(f)
- Applies to
- All residential districts citywide
Summary
Carrollton allows garage sales in every residential district but limits them hard: City Code § 92.31 caps a dwelling address at four garage sales per year, each running no more than three consecutive days, with at least 30 days required between separate sales. Exceeding any of these limits makes the sale an unlawful nuisance under § 92.30.
§ 92.30. Garage sales. Garage sales shall be permitted in all residential districts. It is a nuisance and shall be deemed unlawful for any person to maintain or conduct a garage sale in violation of these provisions. § 92.31. Limit on number of garage sales. A maximum of four garage sales per year may be conducted at a dwelling address. Each garage sale may not exceed three consecutive days in duration and there shall be at least 30 days between each separate garage sale.
Full Breakdown
Chapter 92 of the Carrollton Code of Ordinances treats garage sales as a regulated nuisance topic alongside home occupations and parking. " 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. 31. 99(A)(2)(f), and each day a sale runs past its allowed limits is treated as a separate offense. 31.
Violations & Fines
Running a fifth garage sale in a calendar year, extending a sale past three consecutive days, or holding a new sale within 30 days of the last one violates § 92.31 and is a Chapter 92 nuisance misdemeanor under § 92.99. Fines reach $2,000 per offense under § 10.99(A)(2)(f), with each excess day counted separately.
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