Champaign County does not license residential sales, so no county cleanup code governs them directly. Leftover merchandise, tables and signs left out afterward can be abated under the county's public nuisance ordinance. The cities require prompt cleanup and sign removal.
In the unincorporated county there is no garage-sale ordinance to enforce cleanup, because the county does not regulate the sales themselves. What it can reach is the aftermath: if unsold goods, display tables or signs pile up in the yard, that condition falls under the county's public nuisance authority for accumulated debris and can be ordered removed. Inside Champaign and Urbana, property-maintenance and sign rules apply — merchandise and tables must come off public view after the sale, and sale signs must be taken down promptly. A yard that repeatedly stays cluttered after sales can draw a blight complaint in either the county or a city.
The county issues no garage-sale citation, but leftover goods and debris can be declared a public nuisance and abated after notice, with cleanup costs charged to the owner. Cities cite un-removed signs and clutter.
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