Lakeville, MN Garage & Yard Sales: Frequency, Duration & Permits (2026)

City Code § 11-18-13 regulates accessory sales activity in Lakeville's residential zoning districts, distinguishing between ongoing personal-property sales (subsection A) and traditional garage or rummage sales (subsection B). Under subsection B, a garage or rummage sale may run no more than four consecutive days, and a single property may host no more than two such sales within any calendar year. Everything offered for sale must be the personal property of the occupant conducting the sale, unless the zoning administrator grants approval for an exception. The section also cross-references chapter 23 of title 11, meaning any sign advertising the sale must meet the city's separate sign standards rather than the two-square-foot limit that applies to merchandise sales under subsection A.

Planning and Community Development administers this section as part of the zoning code, and the zoning administrator is the official named throughout the subsection who can authorize exceptions to the personal-property and frequency rules. Because the limits are tied to the property rather than the household, a homeowner who sells a home mid-year and a new owner who moves in cannot each claim a fresh set of two sales for that address in the same year; the count runs with the parcel. The rule sits alongside separate restrictions in subsection A on ongoing sales of vehicles, recreational equipment, and similar merchandise, which cap those sales at two items per year and confine displayed merchandise to an improved driveway rather than the right-of-way or required front yard.