Neither Hamilton County nor Chattanooga imposes a dedicated yard-sale permit for occasional residential sales; they are allowed as an accessory home use. Temporary sale signs must follow the city sign code and cannot be placed in the public right-of-way.
Chattanooga does not run a stand-alone garage-sale licensing program for ordinary residential yard sales, which are treated as an incidental, temporary accessory use of a home. There is no county-wide yard-sale permit in unincorporated Hamilton County either. The main enforceable limits are on signage: temporary garage-sale signs must comply with the city sign regulations in the zoning code and may not be posted on utility poles, in medians, or in the public right-of-way, where the city removes them. Frequent or ongoing sales can cross into operating an unpermitted retail business, which zoning does regulate. Confirm current rules with your specific city, as East Ridge and others set their own codes.
Illegally placed signs are removed by the city. Running continuous sales as a business without proper zoning approval can bring code-enforcement action and municipal fines.
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