Yucaipa, CA Garage & Yard Sales: Frequency, Duration & Permits (2026)

Chapter 5.20 of the Yucaipa Municipal Code dates to Ordinance 102 of 1992. It treats yard sale, rummage sale and garage sale as the same thing: any event advertised by any means as a place where the public can come and buy tangible personal property. A sales activity by a business holding a current city business license is outside the chapter, and so are sales made under court order or process.

Section 5.20.050 sets the limits: four sales per calendar year for an individual or household, three consecutive days for each sale, and no consecutive sales. Hours run from eight a.m. to eight p.m. Under Section 5.20.020, the first yard sale by any person, firm or corporation in a calendar year is exempt from the permit requirement, but the second and each subsequent sale in that year requires a permit. The permit fee is set by council resolution. Before a permit is issued, the applicant files a sworn statement with the collector, which Section 5.04.030 defines as the city manager or the city manager's designee, stating that all property for sale is the applicant's own personal property and was not acquired or consigned for resale. If the occupant is selling someone else's property, that owner must also sign a sworn statement.

Sale goods cannot be displayed in the public right-of-way, must be arranged so fire safety service and other officials can inspect at all times, and can be displayed only on the days and between the hours of the sale. Signage is limited to one double faced sign not exceeding six square feet in area and five feet in height, four feet when placed in the front yard or side yard setback area. It is permitted only on the sale property, posted twenty-four hours before the sale and removed immediately afterward.