Auburn's Zoning Ordinance allows yard and garage sales as an exempt activity, but it requires that all directional or advertising signs for the sale be removed immediately once the sale ends. Sales are limited to two consecutive days and no more than twice a year on owner-occupied property.
Auburn regulates garage and yard sales within the Zoning Ordinance's home-occupation provisions (Section 511.04.D). Under Section 511.04.D.2, yard or garage sales are exempt from the home-occupation regulations only if they meet several conditions: the sale lasts no longer than two consecutive days; sales are held no more than two times per year with at least 30 days between them; the property is owned by one of the participants; no goods purchased for resale and no consignment goods are offered; and 'all directional or advertising signs shall be removed immediately upon completion of the sale.' That last condition is the controlling rule for garage-sale signs - the ordinance does not authorize permanent or long-standing sale signs and requires prompt takedown. Garage-sale signs also remain subject to the general sign article (Article VI): off-premise and temporary signs not specifically exempted under Section 603 are otherwise restricted, and signs may not be placed in the public right-of-way or on traffic-control devices. Because the city actively removes signs left in rights-of-way, residents should keep directional signs on private property with the owner's permission and pull them down as soon as the sale closes. Auburn does not publish a separate garage-sale-sign permit; compliance is handled through these zoning conditions.
Leaving garage-sale signs up after the sale, placing them in the public right-of-way or on utility poles and traffic signs, or running sales beyond two days or more than twice a year breaches Section 511.04.D.2 and the sign article, and the signs may be removed by the city.
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