East Brunswick, NJ Garage & Yard Sales: Frequency, Duration & Permits (2026)

The rule sits in the definitions section of the Zoning Ordinance of the Township of East Brunswick, under the term GARAGE SALES, at East Brunswick Township Code § 228-3. It allows any person to conduct "garage, porch, attic, basement or lawn sales" on his or her premises, with a ceiling of three sales in any one calendar year. The same definition fixes the format of every sale: a public sale of used personal property in a residential area of the municipality, commencing not earlier than 9:00 a.m., terminating by sundown and extending no more than a three-day period. A sale that stretches over the full three days is still one of the three allowed that year, and the calendar-year count resets each January.

The definition also controls what goes on the tables. Garage sales offer only used items and personal property owned by the resident of the property when the sale is held. No new merchandise is allowed, and merchandise from sources other than homes cannot be brought in and offered for sale. A resident in East Brunswick Township who buys wholesale stock, restocks from a store or business, or hauls in inventory from a warehouse is outside the definition, and so is a sale that opens before 9:00 a.m. or runs past sundown.

The text of this definition does not print a permit, an application or a fee, so the three-sale count, the clock and the used-goods rule are the operative limits. Compliance is a zoning matter under Chapter 228, which the Zoning Officer enforces under § 228-265. Anyone planning sales across several weekends should count every separate sale against the three-sale annual limit before advertising the next one.