Loveland, CO Garage & Yard Sales: Frequency, Duration & Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Max duration
- 72 consecutive hours per sale
- Max frequency
- 3 sales per address per year
- Items overnight
- Must be enclosed by sunset
- Nonprofit sales
- Allowed; same limits apply
Summary
Loveland caps garage sales at 72 consecutive hours and three sales per calendar year for each address under Municipal Code Section 5.44.030. Sale items can't spill into the right-of-way or block traffic visibility, and everything must go back inside an enclosed structure by sunset each day the sale runs.
A.It shall be unlawful for the owner or occupant of any premises to conduct a garage sale for more than 72 consecutive hours and to conduct more than three garage sales per calendar year, per address.B.No person shall place garage sale items on any right-of-way or in any manner that may impede or impair traffic visibility.C.Garage sale items shall be stored in an enclosed structure by sunset of each day.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 13).
Full Breakdown
020 allows a garage sale in Loveland as long as it's held on the primary seller's own premises and follows the chapter's restrictions. 030 sets the numeric limits: no more than 72 consecutive hours per sale, and no more than three separate garage sales per calendar year at the same address. The same section bars placing sale items on any street right-of-way or in a way that impedes or impairs traffic visibility, and requires that unsold merchandise be moved into an enclosed structure by sunset each day the sale is running rather than left out overnight.
040 puts the person running the sale on the hook for keeping traffic and foot traffic moving safely nearby; a police officer who makes a prima facie finding of a hazardous condition can order the sale shut down on the spot. 050: it may sell donated items belonging to people other than the property owner, something an ordinary residential seller cannot do, but it must still follow every other requirement of the chapter, including the 72-hour and three-per-year caps.
Violations & Fines
Loveland's garage sale chapter doesn't spell out its own fine schedule, so a sale that runs past 72 hours, exceeds three per year at one address, blocks the right-of-way, or leaves merchandise out overnight is enforced as a Code violation under the general penalty in Section 1.12.010, and a police officer can order an over-hazardous sale to stop immediately under Section 5.44.040.
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