Households in unincorporated Pinellas County are limited to two garage or yard sales per year under the county zoning ordinance, with escalating fines for violations and separate rules in each incorporated city.
In unincorporated Pinellas County, garage and yard sales are an accessory residential use under the Land Development Code in Chapter 138. Households are limited to two garage sales per calendar year. Holding more than two is treated as operating a retail business in a residential zone, which is a zoning violation. Civil penalties start at roughly $80 for a first offense, rising to $130 and up to $500 for repeat violations. Temporary sale signs cannot be placed on utility poles or in the public right-of-way. Cities within Pinellas County, including Gulfport, Kenneth City, Clearwater, and St. Petersburg, set their own permit requirements and frequency limits, so check with your city before scheduling a sale.
Holding more than two sales a year, posting illegal signs, or operating a continuous retail activity from a home triggers zoning enforcement, escalating civil fines from $80 to $500, and orders to stop the sale.
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