Albany, OR Sign Regulations: Garage Sale Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- On-premises signs
- No more than two
- Off-premises signs
- No more than two
- Sign size
- No more than four square feet per face
- Sign height
- No more than four feet
- Timing
- Up one day before at most, down one day after
- Location ban
- No signs in the public right-of-way
Summary
In the City of Albany, Oregon, garage sale signs are capped at two on-premises and two off-premises signs, each no more than four square feet per face and four feet in height. Signs cannot be erected in the public right-of-way, and they go up no earlier than one day before the event and come down within one day after.
(3) Signs advertising garage sales shall not exceed two on-premises and two off-premises signs measuring no more than four square feet per face and four feet in height. Signs shall not be erected in the public right-of-way. Signs shall be erected no more than one day prior to the event and shall be removed not later than one day after. ... (5) Violation of this section shall be an infraction.
Full Breakdown
Albany Municipal Code § 8.01.055(3) is the sign rule inside the garage sale nuisance section for the City of Albany, Linn County, Oregon. It caps the count: signs advertising garage sales shall not exceed two on-premises and two off-premises signs. It caps the size: each sign can measure no more than four square feet per face and four feet in height.
The placement ban is flat: signs shall not be erected in the public right-of-way. The code also fixes a timing window. Signs shall be erected no more than one day prior to the event and shall be removed not later than one day after.
The sign rule sits beside the rest of § 8.01.055. Subsection (1) limits a residential address to three sales per calendar year and three consecutive days per event, and subsection (2) keeps goods out of the public right-of-way and clear vision areas. Subsection (4) applies the prohibitions jointly and severally to each owner or occupant of the real property and to any person who offers goods for sale, so the person who posts a sign and the resident who hosts the sale can both be cited.
The Albany Development Code is not part of the Municipal Code text read for this page, so this page covers only the garage sale signs governed by § 8.01.055(3). The section sits in Chapter 8.01, Public Nuisances, and § 8.01.060 lets the City abate in addition to the penalties in § 1.04.010, using Chapter 8.37 AMC, which requires posted notice and gives the owner 10 days to abate or appeal in writing.
Violations & Fines
Section 8.01.055(5) makes a violation an infraction. Under § 1.04.010, a violation carries a civil penalty of not more than $1,000, and every day a violation is committed, continued, or permitted is a separate offense. Erecting a sign in the public right-of-way, or leaving one up past the day after the event, is a violation of subsection (3). Under § 8.01.060 the City can abate in addition to penalties, using Chapter 8.37 AMC.
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