Huntington Park, CA Garage & Yard Sales: Frequency, Duration & Permits (2026)

Section 5-22.02 of the Huntington Park Municipal Code controls timing for every garage, yard and similar sale in the City of Huntington Park. Sales may be conducted only on the first weekend in the months of March, June, September and December of each year, a schedule that runs from and after January 1, 2009. The code defines "weekend" for the chapter as Saturdays and Sundays from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. inclusive, so a sale cannot start earlier in the morning or run into the evening, and a sale on a weekday or on any other weekend of the year falls outside the rule.

The City Manager holds the one flexibility the section prints: the authority to select an alternate weekend if a designated weekend is not available for such sales due to inclement weather or an emergency. Residents do not apply for that move; the City Manager makes the selection.

The rest of Chapter 22 limits what can be sold and where. Section 5-22.01 bars selling or offering for sale personal property in any residential zone except personal property owned, utilized and maintained by the seller or family members on or in connection with the premises they occupy, which rules out buying stock to resell. Goods cannot be displayed in the front or side yards, although a vehicle offered for sale can be displayed on a permanently constructed driveway within those yards. Section 5-22.03 exempts sales made under court orders or processes.

Nonprofit organizations get a separate track in § 5-22.04. They can hold fundraising sales subject to the terms of § 5-22.02, except as modified: the sale must be on property occupied by the organization, only one such sale can be held in any six month period, adequate parking must be available, no sale can interfere with normal traffic flow, and any food sold must meet all applicable legal requirements. Community Development, which handles code enforcement for the City of Huntington Park, is the office that fields complaints about sales outside the printed weekends.