Garage-sale signs count as temporary signs in Sumner County. The zoning resolution lets you post them on any residential lot, capped at 16 square feet, but bars them from the public right-of-way and requires removal within 48 hours.
Sumner County's zoning resolution treats yard- and garage-sale signs as temporary signage. Section 1206 allows temporary signs on any residential lot at any time, with no single sign larger than 16 square feet and freestanding height capped at 6 feet. Signs must come down within 48 hours of no longer serving their purpose. They may not stand in the public right-of-way and must meet the chapter's setback and placement rules; illegally placed signs are removed and disposed of by the county. The county separately limits a residential yard sale to three days within any 90-day period. Gallatin and Hendersonville set their own sign rules inside city limits.
Temporary signs in the right-of-way are removed and discarded by county codes staff. Signs left up past 48 hours, oversized signs, or a yard sale exceeding three days in 90 draw a codes correction notice.
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