Garage sales are a permitted home use in Harford County, capped by town rule. Aberdeen allows up to four sales a year, three consecutive days each, twelve days total. No county permit is required anywhere.
Harford County treats occasional yard and garage sales as a normal residential activity and issues no county permit for them. The firm numeric limits come from the municipalities. Aberdeen's code, at Municipal Code 17.56.095, allows no more than four sales per residential property per calendar year, each running no more than three consecutive days, for a total of twelve days a year, and treats a complying sale as a permitted accessory use needing no sign-off from the community development director. City-sponsored community-wide sales do not count against the limit. Bel Air and Havre de Grace regulate sale signs and obstructions rather than issuing yard sale permits.
Running more than four sales a year, or longer than three days each, exceeds Aberdeen's accessory-use allowance and can draw a zoning citation. Signs placed on public property or utility poles are removed under town sign rules.
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