Lakewood allows residential garage sales with limits of typically 3 sales per household per year, each lasting no more than 3 consecutive days. No permit required for standard residential sales.
Lakewood zoning and property maintenance rules permit garage, yard, and estate sales as incidental residential activity. Sales must occur during daylight hours, and merchandise must be personal household items, not commercial inventory. Sales that become continuous or commercial in nature are treated as unpermitted home businesses. Signs are regulated under CO 1329 Sign Code and must be removed promptly after the sale.
Operating as disguised retail business without home occupation approval: fines 100 to 500 dollars and cease-and-desist orders. Sign violations addressed separately.
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