Baldwin Park, CA Sign Regulations: Garage Sale Signs (2026)

The City of Baldwin Park does not have a stand-alone garage-sale or yard-sale sign ordinance; such signs are governed by the general Sign Regulations in Zoning Code Subchapter 153.170, which regulates signs by size, height, number and location rather than message. On residential property, the exempt-signs section (153.170.040) lets a resident display, without a sign permit, up to four 'other temporary signs' with a combined area of no more than 10 square feet and a height of no more than 3 feet (in addition to up to three permanent and several window signs). A garage-sale sign posted on the resident's own front lawn within those limits needs no permit. The key restrictions come from the prohibited-signs section (153.170.050): signs within or projecting over a public right-of-way are prohibited; signs attached to utility poles (without written utility approval), trees, fences, bridges or light poles are prohibited; and signs within a required clear cross-visibility area at intersections are prohibited. Practically, that means the common practice of stapling garage-sale signs to a telephone pole or planting them on a parkway/median is not allowed in Baldwin Park. Off-site signs are also generally prohibited, so a sign directing buyers from a nearby corner to your sale is not permitted under the code. No specific garage-sale permit, sign duration limit, or per-household event cap was found in the City's sign or business code, so none is asserted here.