South Bend sets no specific ordinance hours for garage or yard sales, but common sense and noise rules apply: keep sales to daytime hours and avoid early-morning or late-night activity that disturbs neighbors.
The Municipal Code does not fix garage-sale hours the way it fixes trash set-out times. Because South Bend does not permit or register these sales, no start or stop time is codified. Sellers should still run sales during normal daytime hours, roughly sunrise to sunset, to stay within the City's general noise and nuisance standards, which prohibit unreasonable noise that disturbs neighbors. Directional and advertising signs are the more regulated element: temporary signs in the public right-of-way fall under City and County zoning sign rules, and should be taken down promptly once the sale ends. Questions about noise or signage go to the 311 service center.
Excessive early or late noise from a sale can draw a nuisance or noise complaint through Neighborhood Services & Enforcement. Sale signs left in the right-of-way may be removed by the City.
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