Phoenix, AZ Garage & Yard Sales: Frequency, Duration & Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Frequency limit
- twice per 12 months
- Duration limit
- 3 consecutive days max
- Where allowed
- residential zoning with a dwelling
- Time-of-day limit
- none set in code
Summary
Phoenix caps residential garage and yard sales at two per property every 12 months, with each sale running no more than three consecutive days under the Zoning Ordinance's residential land-use conditions.
Garage or yard sales may be conducted twice every 12 months on any residentially zoned property occupied by a dwelling unit. Any sale shall not exceed the time period of three consecutive days.
32. Materials used in conjunction with a hobby, avocation, or pastime, the use of which does not otherwise conflict with the provisions of this chapter, are permitted.
33. Parking of vehicles in facilities and locations on the property not otherwise in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance, is permitted.
34. Private tennis or outdoor game courts as an accessory use are permitted. Tennis or outdoor game court fences over six feet high in required rear yard or required side yard are permitted subject to a use permit. Tennis or outdoor game court lights are also subject to a use permit.
35. Off-site manufactured home developments are permitted with use permit approval per Section 307, and subject to the development regulations provided in Section 608.J.
F. General Development Regulations.
1. No structure may be built on a lot which does not front on a street which is in accordance with the adopted street classification map and the provisions of Section 714, Future Width Lines, unless exempted by this section.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance G-7524, passed June 17, 2026).
Full Breakdown
The Zoning Ordinance treats garage and yard sales as a limited accessory use on residentially zoned property with a dwelling unit, not an unrestricted right. A property may hold a sale only twice in any rolling 12-month period, and each sale is capped at three consecutive days. The rule is frequency- and duration-based rather than a clock-hours limit: the code does not set a start/end time of day, only how often and how long a sale can run. City Code Sec. 10-... casual-sale exemptions for vendor licensing track the same three-per-year pattern for sellers generally.
Violations & Fines
Exceeding two sales per year or running a sale past three consecutive days is a zoning violation, enforceable by Planning and Development Department code compliance action, up to a cease order.
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