Kansas City, MO Garage & Yard Sales: Frequency, Duration & Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Max duration
- 6 days total per calendar year
- Where allowed
- R districts or lots with a dwelling
- Permit needed
- None, if within the 6-day cap
- Enforcing agency
- City Planning and Development Department
Summary
Kansas City exempts garage sales from a temporary-use permit only if they run no more than 6 days total per calendar year on residential lots or in R districts.
Garage sales conducted in R districts or on lots occupied by residential dwelling units for no more than 6 days total in any calendar year; and
88-370-04-B. Temporary uses conducted on public property or on property owned by any taxing jurisdiction provided such uses have been approved by the parks board or other duly authorized city official in the case of city parkland or other city property, and provided the duration of such uses does not exceed 90 consecutive days or 15 nonconsecutive days in a calendar year.
88-370-04-C. Outdoor storage of materials or temporary offices associated with a properly permitted construction project not exceeding the duration of the construction activity.
88-370-04-D. Temporary uses not exceeding 90 consecutive days or 15 nonconsecutive days in a calendar year in nonresidential districts on the same property as one of the following principal uses:
1.Any of the use classifications under the public/civic use group in Tables 120-1, 130-1, and 140-1; or2.Hotel/motel; or3.Eating and drinking establishments. 88-370-04-E. Temporary uses on any property with an approved plan with an outdoor space designed and intended and expressly allowing temporary uses when said uses do not exceed 90 consecutive days or 15 nonconsecutive days in a calendar year, unless otherwise expressly noted on the approved development plan.
(Ord. No. 230552, § 3, 6-28-2023)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 139 | Zoning and Development Code: Supplement 38).
Full Breakdown
Kansas City's Zoning and Development Code lists garage sales as an exempt temporary use, no city permit is required, as long as the sales stay within R (residential) zoning districts or occur on lots with a residential dwelling unit, and the total days used for garage sales on that property do not exceed 6 in a calendar year. Go over that cap and the activity drops out of the exemption, meaning it then falls under the code's general temporary-use permit process administered by the city planning and development director.
Violations & Fines
Hold a garage sale beyond 6 days in a calendar year and it becomes a regulated temporary use requiring a permit from Planning and Development under 88-370-07; unpermitted operation is a code violation.
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