San Leandro, CA Garage & Yard Sales: Frequency, Duration & Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Frequency cap
- Two garage/yard sales per property per year
- Location rule
- Owner's premises or nearby residential property
- Zoning status
- Permitted use, no CUP, in RD/RM/RO/RS districts
- Governing definition
- SLMC § 1.12.108, "Garage and Yard Sales"
- Violation track
- 4th violation/year becomes a misdemeanor
Summary
San Leandro limits garage and yard sales to two times per year per residential property. Municipal Code Section 1.12.108 defines the use, and Section 2.04.200 lists 'Garage and Yard Sales' as a permitted use in the RD, RM, RO, and RS residential districts, no conditional use permit required.
Garage and Yard Sales. Sales in an R District of personal property on an occasional basis, not exceeding two times per year and on the premises of the property owner or the premises of a residential property in the immediate vicinity.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4967405; v8 updated 2026-07-06).
Full Breakdown
108, which restricts them to occasional sales of personal property, capped at two times per year, and only on the premises of the property owner or a residential property in the immediate vicinity, meaning a sale cannot be relocated to an unrelated address to dodge the cap. 212 for the RS District all list Garage and Yard Sales as permitted with no conditional use permit needed, so long as the frequency limit is respected. Because the use is tied to the R Districts specifically, a garage sale is a zoning matter, not a separate business-license matter: there is no distinct garage-sale permit application to file with the Zoning Enforcement Official.
A resident hosting a sale on a neighbor's residential lot in the immediate vicinity still counts against that host's own two-per-year allotment, since the definition measures the sale by premises used, not solely by ownership.
Violations & Fines
Holding a garage or yard sale more than twice in a calendar year, or on a lot outside the immediate vicinity of the property owner's residence, is a zoning violation. Under Section 5.24.112, the City treats early violations as infractions, while a fourth violation within a year becomes a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $1,000, up to one year in county jail, or both.
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Sources & Official References
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