No permit is needed for a residential yard sale anywhere in Harford County. Aberdeen treats a complying sale as a permitted accessory use with no sign-off required; Bel Air and Havre de Grace issue no yard sale permit either.
There is no county yard sale permit in Harford County, and the towns do not require one for an ordinary residential sale. Aberdeen's Municipal Code 17.56.095 expressly makes a garage sale that stays within the frequency limits a permitted accessory use to any residential use, needing no authorization from the community development director. Bel Air and Havre de Grace license itinerant dealers, peddlers, and solicitors, but a homeowner's occasional yard sale is not treated as peddling and needs no permit. What the towns do enforce is sign placement, so keep sale signs off public poles and rights-of-way and on your own property.
No permit means no permit violation for a compliant home sale. Signs posted on public property or utility poles are removed, and a recurring, commercial-scale operation can be cited as an unlicensed business.
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