Baldwin Park, CA Sign Regulations: Garage Sale Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Sign limit
- Max 2 signs per sale
- Size limit
- 3 square feet each
- Posting window
- No earlier than 2 days before sale
- Removal deadline
- 7:00 p.m. on last sale day
- Prohibited locations
- Utility poles, street lights, traffic signs
- Penalty
- Infraction, Chapter 15 fine
Summary
Baldwin Park caps garage sale advertising at two signs of three square feet or less per Municipal Code § 119.02(E). Signs cannot go up more than two days before the sale, must come down by 7:00 p.m. on the sale's last day, and can never be attached to a utility pole, street light or traffic sign in the public right-of-way.
(E) Garage sales' advertising signs may not be posted on telephone poles, street lights, traffic signs, or any other structure in the public right-of-way. Such signs may not be posted anywhere earlier than two days prior to the day the sale is to commence, and shall be removed by 7:00 p.m. on the day the sale is terminated. No more than two signs, placards, or other form of advertisement shall be placed upon the premises used for such sale, and shall not exceed three square feet in size.
Full Breakdown
02(E) of the Baldwin Park Municipal Code regulates how a garage sale may be advertised on-site and around the neighborhood. The section bars posting signs on telephone poles, street lights, traffic signs, or any other structure within the public right-of-way, closing off the most common places sellers are tempted to use. 02(G). The section further limits volume and size on the seller's own property: no more than two signs, placards, or other advertisements may be placed on the premises used for the sale, and none may exceed three square feet.
, posted too early, sized over three square feet, or nailed to a street light all constitute the identical infraction as breaking the sale's date or hour limits. The chapter sets up no separate sign permit process; there is no application or fee for garage sale signage, only the flat quantity, size, placement and timing limits set out in subsection (E).
Violations & Fines
Posting a garage sale sign on a utility pole, street light, or traffic sign, putting one up more than two days early, leaving it up past 7:00 p.m. on the sale's last day, or exceeding two signs or three square feet each is an infraction under § 119.02(H), enforced under § 10.99 with a fine set by Chapter 15.
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