Homestead, FL Garage & Yard Sales: Frequency, Duration & Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Max one-day sales/year
- 4 per property
- First sale fee
- No fee (permit still required)
- Each additional sale fee
- $25.00
- Apartment complexes
- 4 sales/year for entire complex
- Multi-day sale cap
- 1 two-day sale/year, Sec. 16-141
Summary
Homestead caps one-day-only yard sales at four per property per year under Sec. 16-144(a): the first is a no-fee permit, and each of the next three costs $25.00. Multi-day sales run on a separate one-permit-a-year track under Sec. 16-141.
(a)Each property location in the city shall be allowed to have no more than four (4) one-day-only yard sales per year. A no-fee permit shall be issued upon the owner's or tenant's application for the first one-day-only yard sale at the property during each one-year period. The property may be allowed three (3) additional one-day-only yard sales at a permit fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each one (1) thereafter for which a permit will be issued for so long as the property is either under the same ownership and/or tenancy, on an annual basis.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 87).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 16-144(a) allows each property location in the city no more than four one-day-only yard sales per year. 00 per permit, so long as the property stays under the same ownership or tenancy; the one-year window runs on a rolling annual basis rather than a calendar year, specifically to prevent more than four one-day sales in any twelve-month span. Mobile home parks may issue individual permits per lot, while an apartment complex as a whole is limited to the same four one-day sales a year, with written permission required from the property owner, manager or designated representative before any complex-wide sale.
Nonprofit organizations may hold yard sales in business areas with permission from the city council under Sec. 16-144(b). This one-day track runs alongside the separate multi-day permit in Sec. 00 for each one after, expiring 48 hours after the permit's issued time. An applicant for the multi-day permit must also file an affidavit under Sec. 16-142 confirming no more than one sale was held on the property in the prior twelve months and that it did not run longer than a day.
Violations & Fines
Holding more than four one-day-only yard sales at a single property within any rolling one-year period exceeds the limit set by Sec. 16-144(a) and is treated as an unpermitted sale, enforceable through the city's code enforcement process governing Chapter 16, Article VII.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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