Eugene, OR Garage & Yard Sales: Frequency, Duration & Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Max duration per sale
- 3 consecutive days
- Max sales per year
- 3 occasions
- Zones covered
- Agricultural, residential, S-H Historic
- Governing section
- EC 9.5800(5)(a)1.a
- Related exemption
- Home occupation rules waived for compliant sales (EC 9.5350)
Summary
Eugene caps garage sales at 3 consecutive days per event and 3 separate occasions in a calendar year under EC 9.5800(5)(a)1.a, the Temporary Activity Special Development Standards for residential, agricultural and historic zones. Going beyond either limit turns the sale into an unpermitted land use.
(5) Zone Category and Duration. (a) In addition to the standards in subsection (4) of this section, the standards for temporary activities in areas with a broad zone category of agricultural, residential or S-H Historic zone (See Table 9.1030 Zones) are as follows: 1. Sales. a. Garage Sales. Garage sales and other sales for items from the development site may occur for no more than 3 consecutive days on 3 different occasions during a calendar year.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 20739, passed June 8, 2026).
Full Breakdown
5800 governs temporary activities, and subsection (5)(a) sets the duration and frequency rules for the residential, agricultural and S-H Historic zone categories. " That's a hard cap on both dimensions: a single sale can't stretch past 3 days, and a household can't hold more than 3 separate sales, however short, in the same calendar year. b), but that separate allowance doesn't extend to garage sales. 5800(4) apply on top of the frequency cap: a garage sale can't require permanent changes to the property, its signs have to stay on-site and come down when it ends, and it can't violate the conditions of any existing conditional use permit on the property.
5350 only when they meet this same 3-day, 3-times-a-year limit, the two sections work together to define exactly how often a Eugene household can run a garage sale.
Violations & Fines
Running a garage sale beyond 3 consecutive days or more than 3 times in a calendar year violates EC 9.5800(5)(a)1.a and is a land use code violation. EC 9.0275(2) sets the penalty at a fine of up to $1,000 per day the violation exists, or confinement in jail up to 100 days, or both, cumulative with any administrative civil penalty the city imposes under EC 9.0270.
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