No Whatcom County or Bellingham ordinance fixes garage-sale hours. Daytime weekend sales are the norm. The real limits are the general noise rules — no early-morning amplified disturbance — and sign rules that keep placards out of the public right-of-way.
There is no set start or end time for a garage sale in the county or city code, so daylight operation is simply the expectation — typically morning into the afternoon, most often on weekends. The constraints that actually bite are general ones: noise provisions restrict amplified sound and early disturbance, and sign rules bar posting in the public right-of-way, with Bellingham's placement standards in the sign code (BMC 20.12). A sale that runs late, blocks the road, or blares music is handled as a noise or obstruction issue, not an hours violation.
No ordinance sets a garage-sale hours penalty. Very early or loud sales are addressed through general noise rules, and abandoned or right-of-way signs are removed.
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