St. Johns County treats garage sales as an accessory use in residential districts under its Land Development Code, allowed once per six-month period and no longer than three consecutive days. No county permit is required, but HOA covenants often add their own limits.
In unincorporated St. Johns County, a garage or yard sale is an accessory use to a home, governed by the Land Development Code rather than a licensing scheme. The code allows garage and yard sales in all residential districts but limits each property to one during any six-month period, running no more than three consecutive days. That caps a household at roughly two sales a year. No county permit or fee is required to hold one within those limits. The bigger constraint for most residents is private: HOA and CDD covenants in communities like Nocatee, World Golf Village, and Ponte Vedra frequently restrict or ban yard sales outright, or funnel them into a single community-wide sale day.
Running sales more often than once per six months, exceeding three consecutive days, or turning a home into a continuous retail operation violates the Land Development Code and draws a St. Johns County code-enforcement citation. HOA covenants enforce separately.
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