Chino, CA Garage & Yard Sales: Frequency, Duration & Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Frequency limit
- 2 yard sales per year, per address
- Max duration
- 3 consecutive days per sale
- Allowed hours
- 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- Sale location
- Behind the property line only
- First-offense fine
- $50 infraction
- Repeat fines
- $100 (2nd), $250 (3rd) within a year
- Swap meets
- Excluded, not permitted under this chapter
Summary
Chino caps yard and garage sales at two per year per seller, household, or address, each running no more than three consecutive days, eight a.m. to eight p.m. Sales must stay behind the property line, and violations carry escalating infraction fines under Chino Municipal Code Chapter 5.40.
5.40.040 - Conduct regulated. A.All sale activities shall be conducted behind the property line. At no time shall the sale of goods be conducted on the public right-of-way.B.All signs, whether on-site or off-site, shall comply with Chapter 16 of this code. ... 5.40.050 - Frequency. An individual seller, household, group, house address or location, shall be permitted two yard sales per year. The length of time per yard sale shall not exceed three consecutive days. Hours for the yard sale shall be limited to between eight a.m. and eight p.m., each day. ... 5.40.070 - Violation-Penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of an infraction with a fine of fifty dollars for the first offense, one hundred dollars for the second offense within one year, and two hundred fifty dollars for the third offense within one year.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 38).
Full Breakdown
40 of the Chino Municipal Code regulates yard sales citywide. 040 (Conduct regulated) requires that "all sale activities shall be conducted behind the property line," with goods never sold from the public right-of-way, and requires any on-site or off-site sign to comply with Title 16 of the code (the citywide sign ordinance). each day. 060 gives the fire, police, health and other city officials the right to inspect all property offered for sale at any time during the event. The chapter dates to Ord. 79-17 (1979), with the conduct and frequency provisions amended by Ord.
84-47 in 1984 and enforcement language updated by Ord. 2004-05 in 2004. 40. There is no separate city permit or fee to hold a qualifying sale; compliance is a matter of staying within the frequency, duration, hour, location and signage limits set out above.
Violations & Fines
Violating any Chapter 5.40 provision, exceeding two sales a year, running past three days, selling outside the 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. window, selling from the right-of-way, or noncompliant signage, is an infraction under Section 5.40.070. Fines escalate: fifty dollars for a first offense, one hundred dollars for a second offense within one year, and two hundred fifty dollars for a third offense within one year. Fire, police and health officials may inspect the sale at any time under Section 5.40.060.
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