Schaumburg, IL Garage & Yard Sales: Frequency, Duration & Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Max duration
- 3 days per sale
- Allowed days
- Thursday through Sunday only
- Frequency cap
- 2 sales per household per calendar year
- Hours
- 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
- Item source rule
- Personal-use items only, no resale goods
Summary
Schaumburg caps residential garage and occasional sales at two per household per calendar year, each running no more than three days, Thursday through Sunday, between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., under Village Code § 118.02.
All garage sales and other occasional sales are subject to the following limitations: A. No sale shall be in excess of three (3) days, limited to Thursday through Sunday. B. No more than two (2) such occasional sales on the same premises, by the same household, within a twelve-month period of January 1 through December 31 may be allowed. C. No occasional sale shall begin before 9:00 a.m., nor continue later than 6:00 p.m.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 56 Update 1 | Policy Manual: Supplement 20).
Full Breakdown
Village Code Chapter 118 governs "occasional sales," defined in § 118.01 as garage, basement and rummage sales conducted on an infrequent, unscheduled basis on residentially zoned or used premises. Section 118.02 sets three limits that apply together: no sale may run longer than three days, and those days are limited to Thursday through Sunday; no more than two occasional sales may occur on the same premises by the same household within the twelve-month period running January 1 through December 31; and no sale may begin before 9:00 a.m. or continue past 6:00 p.m.
Only items used or intended for the personal use of the seller or a family member may be offered, per § 118.05; goods bought for resale are barred from any occasional sale. Groups of neighbors on the same block or contiguous blocks who want to run a joint neighborhood sale can request a waiver of the chapter's limits under § 118.04 by submitting a special-event permit application to the director of community development; a standing committee reviews the waiver request and makes a recommendation to the village board, which may approve, ratify or deny it.
A prior display-limitation section, § 118.03, was repealed outright by Ord. 23-093 in 2023, and the former sign-related sections 118.06 through 118.08 were deleted by Ord. 20-016 in 2020, so current sign rules for garage sales fall under the village's general sign code rather than Chapter 118.
Violations & Fines
Running a garage sale for more than three days, holding it outside the Thursday-through-Sunday window, exceeding two sales per household per calendar year, operating before 9:00 a.m. or after 6:00 p.m., or offering resale-purchased merchandise are each violations of Chapter 118. Violations of this Code section carry the general penalty provisions of the village code unless a waiver was separately approved by the village board for an organized neighborhood sale.
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