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

Section 17-3(v) of the Peoria City Code makes it unlawful for anyone in control of a premises to conduct or allow a sale of new or used merchandise there, naming pop-ups, product vending, craft sales, yard sales, and garage sales specifically. The section then carves out two conditions that keep a sale from being a violation, and a sale must satisfy both to be lawful. First, the sale must run less than sixty consecutive hours, and the code presumes the sale started at the time printed on any advertisement for it, so an advertised start time can be used against a seller who claims a shorter run.

Second, the premises can host fewer than five such sales in a calendar year. That five-sale limit is tied to the address rather than to any individual seller: the code states it applies 'regardless of who is holding the sale or any change in ownership or occupancy during the period,' so a new owner or tenant inherits whatever sale count the property has already used that year. Because the sale ban sits inside the general Chapter 17 nuisance framework, enforcement follows the same track as any other nuisance violation: a Class 1 misdemeanor under Section 17-51(d), with each day beyond the 60-hour or five-sale limits treated as a separate offense under Section 17-51(e), and Municipal Court jurisdiction over the proceeding under Section 17-51(g).