West Valley City, UT Garage & Yard Sales: Frequency, Duration & Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Frequency limit
- 3 garage/yard/basement sales per year
- Duration limit
- 72 hours per sale, maximum
- Display retail sales
- Prohibited entirely, no exception
- Promotional sales meetings
- Limited to one day per month
- CUP relief available
- No; subsection (3) has no CUP override
- Governing section
- § 7-7-115(3), Municipal Code
Summary
West Valley City caps garage, basement, and yard sales tied to a Home Occupation at three per year, with each sale running no more than 72 hours, under Municipal Code § 7-7-115(3)(c). The same subsection separately bars direct retail sales from display shelves and limits promotional sales meetings to once a month.
(3) Sales may be conducted in association with a Home Occupation in accordance with the following requirements: a. Direct retail sales from display shelves are prohibited. b. Promotional meetings to sell merchandise, take orders, or conduct similar activities shall not be held more than one day per month. c. Garage, Basement, or Yard sales shall be conducted a maximum of three times per year, and each sale must last no more than 72 hours.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 26-30, passed June 23, 2026).
Full Breakdown
The garage-sale allowance sits inside the broader Sales standards for Home Occupations at § 7-7-115(3). Subsection (3)(a) bars direct retail sales from display shelves outright, meaning a resident can't simply run an ongoing retail counter out of the house. Subsection (3)(b) allows promotional meetings, held to sell merchandise, take orders, or conduct similar activities, no more than one day per month. Subsection (3)(c) then carves out the narrower garage-sale exception: Garage, Basement, or Yard sales can be held a maximum of three times per year, and each individual sale can't run longer than 72 hours.
Notably, unlike the customer-traffic limit in § 7-7-115(1)(j) and the vehicle-size allowance in § 7-7-115(2)(b), which both let an operator apply for a Conditional Use Permit to raise the number, subsection (3) contains no Conditional Use Permit override; the three-sale, 72-hour cap is a hard limit with no discretionary path to more. operating hours, the requirement that it not disturb the residential character of the neighborhood, and the property owner's written consent to the underlying Home Occupation license, all set out in subsection (1).
Violations & Fines
Holding more than three garage, basement, or yard sales a year, or running any single sale past 72 hours, is a Municipal Code violation. Section 1-1-109 makes an unspecified Code violation a Class B misdemeanor, and the Community and Economic Development or Community Preservation Departments can inspect the property under § 7-1-113. Appeals of a related staff decision go to the Board of Adjustment within 10 days under § 7-1-114.
Frequently Asked Questions
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