Whittier, CA Garage & Yard Sales: Frequency, Duration & Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Frequency limit
- 1 sale per lot per 3 months
- Max duration
- 2 days per sale
- Allowed hours
- 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
- Yard restriction
- No sale in required front/side yard
- First-offense fine
- $25 infraction
Summary
Whittier caps residential garage sales at one per lot every three months, limited to two consecutive days and running only between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., under Whittier Municipal Code Section 18.10.020(G). Sales may involve only personal property owned by the resident, and nothing may be displayed or sold from a required front or side yard. Running one unlawfully is a citable infraction.
G.Garage Sales. Garage sales involving only the sale of personal property owned by the owner or occupant of the lot upon which conducted shall be permitted if conducted in accordance with the following:1.That not more than one such sale shall be permitted on a lot during any three-month period, and ... 2.That no portion of any required front or side yard area shall be utilized for such purposes, and3.That such sales shall be conducted only during the hours of nine a.m. and six p.m. of any day, and4.That no such sale period shall exceed two days.
Full Breakdown
020(G), which allows "the sale of personal property owned by the owner or occupant of the lot upon which conducted" if four conditions are met. First, no more than one sale is allowed on a lot in any three-month period. Second, no portion of a required front or side yard may be used to display or sell items, so tables and racks must stay behind the required setback line. of any day," closing off early-morning or evening sales. 020, that also regulates home occupations and accessory dwelling units on the same residential lot.
020(G) as a citable infraction with its own graduated fine schedule, confirming that code enforcement treats an over-frequency or after-hours garage sale as an enforcement priority rather than a purely advisory guideline.
Violations & Fines
Whittier Municipal Code Section 1.08.015(B) sets the fine schedule for a Section 18.10.020(G) garage sale violation at twenty-five dollars for a first offense, fifty dollars for a second violation of the same rule within one year, and one hundred dollars for each additional violation within that year. Code enforcement or the police department issues the citation.
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