Garage-sale signs are allowed on your own property in Saginaw County as temporary signs under the county and city sign codes, with size and time limits. Off-premise directional signs in the road right-of-way or on utility poles are prohibited and removed.
A sign advertising a yard or garage sale on your own property is treated as temporary signage — allowed without a separate permit, within size limits, and taken down after the event. The trouble is the directional signs people stake at intersections to steer buyers. In unincorporated Saginaw County and in the City of Saginaw, Saginaw Township, and Frankenmuth, signs in the public road right-of-way and on utility poles are prohibited, and road or MDOT crews remove them. MDOT controls signs along state highways. Keep directional signs on private land with the owner's permission, and take them down once the sale ends.
Signs on utility poles or in the road right-of-way are removed by the city, county road commission, or MDOT. Signs left up after the sale are treated as abandoned, and repeat roadside placement can draw a citation.
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