Orange County expects garage and yard sales to leave a property tidy. Merchandise and display tables must not linger in the yard, and signs must come down by sunset on the last day of the sale to avoid a nuisance.
The county's development and nuisance rules apply to yard sales so a sale does not leave lasting clutter. Merchandise, tables, and racks should be displayed in an organized way and taken in after each day's sale hours, not scattered across the front yard or left at the curb overnight. Unsold items cannot be abandoned on the property or the roadside once the sale ends. Garage sale signs must be removed by sunset on the final day. A property that develops a pattern of leftover sale goods and clutter visible from the street can move from a permitted sale into a property-maintenance or nuisance complaint.
Items or tables left in the yard after a sale, or signs not removed by sunset on the last day, can bring sign-ordinance and nuisance citations. Repeated clutter escalates enforcement.
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