Lexington County, SC Garage & Yard Sales: Frequency, Duration & Permits (2026)

Section 21.21.f of the Zoning Ordinance lists a temporary 1-day sale of goods from a residential dwelling or other principal activity as an allowed accessory activity, meaning a homeowner doesn't need a separate zoning permit or Personal Convenience Services classification to hold one, so long as it doesn't occur more often than four times in any given year at the same location. The rule is written by address, not by household, so four total one-day sales is the ceiling for that lot regardless of who runs the sale.

The neighboring provision, § 21.21.g, covers a related but separate activity: the sale of personally owned vehicles or watercraft from a residence, which carries its own four-times-per-year cap, requires the seller to reside at the property, requires the items to sit on the same lot as the residence, and bars coordinating the sale through a dealer or broker service.

Because both provisions describe accessory activities tied to a principal residential or business use, a sale that runs longer than a single day, or that functions as an ongoing retail operation rather than an occasional accessory sale, falls outside § 21.21.f's protection and would instead need to be reviewed as a General Retail land use requiring its own zoning permit under § 171.10. The ordinance doesn't specify hours of operation for a permitted one-day sale, only the day-count and frequency limits, and there's no fee or registration tied to staying within those limits.