Garage and yard sales are allowed at homes as an occasional temporary use under the Chesterfield County Zoning Ordinance (§ 19.2-32-23, Garage or Yard Sales). Signs may not be placed in the public right-of-way, where the county actively removes illegal portable signs.
Occasional residential garage and yard sales are treated as a temporary accessory use of a dwelling under the Chesterfield County Zoning Ordinance section on Garage or Yard Sales (§ 19.2-32-23); they are not a permitted ongoing home business. The most commonly enforced piece is signage: the county runs a proactive sign-enforcement and volunteer sign-removal program targeting illegal portable signs placed in the right-of-way, so yard-sale signs staked at intersections or on utility poles can be removed. Confirm current frequency and sign specifics with Planning at 804-748-1050 before advertising a sale.
Illegal portable signs in the right-of-way are removed by the county's sign-enforcement/volunteer program. Running a continuous 'sale' from a home can be cited as an unpermitted business use under zoning.
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