Porter County, IN Sign Regulations: Garage Sale Signs (2026)

47 (SI-02: Sign; Single-family Residential), a garage or yard sale sign qualifies as a "standard temporary sign" and is regulated by time, place and manner rules rather than a ban. The sign area cannot exceed five (5) square feet per side and the sign cannot stand taller than four (4) feet above grade. A lot with frontage on one public street may post one such sign; a corner or double-frontage lot with at least 300 lineal feet of combined street frontage may post two. Placement matters: the sign must sit at least five (5) feet back from any right-of-way, pavement edge or curb tied to a roadway, aisle or driveway, and it can never sit fully or partially on a public sidewalk.

Where two standard temporary signs share a property, they must be at least 80 feet apart. )" and can go up as early as five (5) days before the sale starts. Once the sale is over, the sign must come down within seven (7) days. A) confirms that a yard or garage sale itself is the one temporary use exempted from needing a Temporary Use Permit, though the sign posted for it must still meet the SI-02 placement and duration rules above. No Sign Permit is required for the sign itself, but it must otherwise comply with all applicable development standards, including the setback and duration limits.

This UDO took effect June 15, 2007; because sign standards are the kind of provision counties periodically revisit, confirm current figures with the Porter County Development Services/Planning Department before posting.