Coconino County, AZ Garage & Yard Sales: Frequency, Duration & Permits (2026)

The Coconino County Zoning Ordinance addresses garage sales only by exception, not by direct regulation. Section 3.2 creates a Temporary Use permit system for events such as carnivals, tent revivals, and outdoor sales, capping "Outdoor sales events (sidewalk, parking lot sales...)" at four events per calendar year and seven days per event under Section 3.2.B.1.C, but that same clause expressly excludes "garage sales on residential properties" from that definition. Because a garage sale never becomes a regulated Temporary Use under this ordinance, none of the Section 3.2.C performance standards (noise, on-site parking, signage limited to 6 square feet, sanitation) nor the Temporary Use permit application process in Section 3.2.D applies to it, and no annual limit or duration cap attaches.

The Community Development Director, who administers Temporary Use permits for every other listed activity from holiday sales lots to campaign offices, has no zoning-based authority to require a permit, set a frequency limit, or charge a fee for a resident's garage or yard sale. Any concern about a garage sale's traffic, noise, or roadside signs falls to the county's general nuisance, traffic and sign regulations rather than this Temporary Use chapter, which this Zoning Ordinance does not address here.