Bolingbrook, IL Sign Regulations: Garage Sale Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit required from
- Finance department
- Permit fee
- None
- Annual cap
- 2 permits, 6 days total
- Sign removal deadline
- Within 3 hours of sale end
- Sale hours
- 8:00 a.m. to dusk
Summary
Bolingbrook requires a free permit from the finance department before any garage, attic, basement, yard or house sale, and its sign rules under Code § 12-74 confine every sign to private property, require house numbers and dates, and force removal within three hours of the sale's end.
It is unlawful for any person to engage in or conduct a garage, attic, basement, yard or house sale from any residence, structure, or lot within the village without first having obtained a permit for the sale from the finance department. ... All signs advertising such sale shall be located on private property only. No sign may be placed upon any utility pole, traffic control device, right-of-way or easement. ... All signs used in connection with such sales shall have house numbers and dates on them and shall be removed no later than three hours after the conclusion of the sale.
Full Breakdown
Sec. 12-74(a) makes it unlawful to engage in or conduct a garage, attic, basement, yard or house sale from any residence, structure or lot within the village without first obtaining a permit for the sale from the finance department. The applicant must own the premises, and the permit is free under Sec. 12-74(c)(10). A single address is capped at two sale permits totaling six days in a year, whether or not the sale is actually held (Sec. 12-74(c)(3)). The sign rules sit inside the same permit conditions: all signs advertising the sale must be located on private property only, with no sign placed upon any utility pole, traffic control device, right-of-way or easement (Sec.
12-74(c)(5)), and every sign must carry house numbers and dates and be removed no later than three hours after the conclusion of the sale (Sec. 12-74(c)(11)). and dusk, may not use outdoor speakers or amplification, and no items or sale activity may spill onto a public sidewalk, parkway or other public property (Sec. 12-74(c)(2), (4), (6), (7)). The permit itself must be posted in the front yard where passersby can see it and is nontransferable (Sec. 12-74(c)(9)).
Violations & Fines
Conducting a yard, garage, attic, basement or house sale without the required finance department permit, placing a sign on a utility pole, traffic device, right-of-way or easement, or leaving a sign up more than three hours after the sale ends all violate Sec. 12-74; not-for-profit organizations conducting such sales are the only group exempt from the section's conditions (Sec. 12-74(b)).
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