Blaine, MN Sign Regulations: Garage Sale Signs (2026)

Sec. 129-10(g) of Blaine's zoning code treats garage sales and household-item sales as a permit-free use of residential property, but only if the seller follows a specific set of standards. A garage sale can run no more than three days, and a sale of individual household items can run up to 15 days, with no more than two such sales allowed per property each year. Sales must happen on the seller's own property, though a multiple-family sale is allowed if it is held at one participant's home.

Only items the household actually owns can be sold: goods bought for resale and consignment items are both barred. The signage piece of the rule is just as specific. Every directional or advertising sign for the sale must be freestanding rather than attached to a post, tree, or utility structure, must sit on private property with that property owner's permission, and cannot exceed two feet by three feet. Once the sale ends, the signs have to come down; the code requires their removal after completion of the sale.

Community Development's zoning administrator oversees compliance with the home occupation and garage sale standards, and a resident who wants to run more sales, hold a longer sale, or post larger signage than the rule allows has no administrative path around it, since Sec. 129-10(g) does not include a conditional use option the way the general home occupation standards do.