Suffolk sets no ordinance hours for the sale itself — the controls are the three-sales-a-year cap and the general city noise rules. In practice yard sales run in daylight; early-morning or late-night activity is what draws complaints.
Because Suffolk requires no yard-sale permit, it also fixes no licensed start and stop time for a sale. The real limits are two: the three-per-year frequency cap, and the city's general noise ordinance, which governs any disturbance a sale's traffic and haggling might create. That is why sales here operate in daylight hours by custom — setting up before dawn or running into the night invites a noise complaint and, if the pattern continues, a nuisance look. Signs advertising the sale are allowed on your own property while it is active and should come down promptly afterward. Subdivision or HOA rules may add firm times on top of the city's.
There is no fine for the sale's hours, but noise from an early or late sale can be cited under the city noise ordinance, and leftover or off-premises signs may be removed as prohibited temporary signage.
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