Davenport garage sale merchandise and signs cannot become a property-maintenance problem. Unsold items can't be left in the front yard between or after sale days, and signs must come down as soon as the sale ends.
Davenport's residential-sales and nuisance rules require garage, yard, and attic sales to be cleaned up promptly. Merchandise, tables, and display racks left in the front yard between sale days or after the sale ends can be cited as an accumulated-debris nuisance. The single permitted sign (four square feet, on your own lot) must be removed immediately when the sale closes; signs in the public right-of-way are removed by the city. Because each sale is capped at 72 hours and one per 30 days, goods should never sit out long-term, which would trigger neighborhood property-maintenance enforcement.
Items or signs left out after a sale can be cited under the nuisance code as accumulated debris, a municipal infraction with fines of $250 first offense, $500 second, and $750 for a third.
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