Cupertino does not require a permit for residential garage or yard sales, and the Municipal Code sets no numeric limit on how many a household may hold. The only specific code rule is CMC 19.104.250, which regulates temporary garage-sale signs. The City also hosts an optional annual Citywide Garage Sale.
There is no garage-sale licensing chapter in the Cupertino Municipal Code; occasional residential yard sales are treated as an incidental use of a home, not a business needing a license. The applicable provision is CMC 19.104.250, 'Temporary Signs – Flags, Garage Sales, Political Signs and Subdivision Signs,' which regulates garage-sale signage. Garage-sale and other temporary signs may not be posted on utility poles, traffic signals, or sign posts, and off-site signs in the public right-of-way are barred. Frequent or continuous selling could be treated as an unpermitted home occupation under Chapter 19.120 or a commercial use, not allowed in residential zones. The City promotes a free annual Citywide Garage Sale event, but residents may hold their own sales any time
No permit or count limit applies to ordinary residential garage sales. Enforcement focuses on illegally placed garage-sale signs under CMC 19.104.250 and on sales frequent enough to be an unpermitted home occupation or commercial use in a residential zone.
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