Murfreesboro, TN Garage & Yard Sales: Frequency, Duration & Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Annual limit
- 4 one-day events per property
- Setup window
- displays up to 24 hrs early
- Sunday hours
- 10 a.m.–9 p.m.
- Other days
- 7 a.m.–9 p.m.
Summary
Murfreesboro limits residential yard sales, artisan showings, and charity fundraisers to four one-day events per property in any twelve-month period.
there are no more than four one-day events, which may be consecutive, during a twelve month period on any property; (b) no exterior set up of displays are erected on the property more than twenty-four hours in advance of the event; (c) no event shall begin before 10:00 AM or continue beyond 9:00 PM on Sundays or begin before 7:00 AM and continue beyond 9:00 PM on all other days of the week; (d) the owner shall be responsible for ensuring that neighboring residential property shall not be encroached upon or driveway access obstructed and that there shall be no visitor parking on neighboring property without the written consent of the affected property owner; and, (e) trash or garbage that may be left at the location or on surrounding property as a result of the event shall be removed by the property owner or designee within twenty-four hours after the event. (15) tenant leasing office for a multi-family development, provided such office is designed and constructed to appear as an integral part of the multi-family development; (16) a temporary mobile sales office may be established on a residential lot for a period not to exceed one year in any subdivision of ten or more residential lots provided the temporary mobile sales office is suitably equipped with underpinning
UPDATED: February 12, 2026
APP A:194
APPENDIX A - ZONING and skirting and otherwise meets building codes; (17) a temporary modular sales office may be established on a residential lot for a
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 18 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Appendix A - Zoning Section 25(B)(14) permits retail sales events such as yard sales, artist and artisan open house showings, and charity fundraisers in residential districts, but caps each property to no more than four one-day events, which may run consecutively, in a twelve-month period. Displays cannot go up more than twenty-four hours before the event, and the event can't start before 10:00 a.m. or run past 9:00 p.m. on Sundays, or start before 7:00 a.m. or run past 9:00 p.m. other days.
Violations & Fines
Running more than four one-day sales events a year, setting up displays too early, or exceeding the posted hours can bring a zoning enforcement action against the property owner.
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