Bristol Township, PA Sign Regulations: Garage Sale Signs (2026)

Bristol Township does not write a standalone garage-sale sign rule. Section 205-16G(2)(g)[2] simply states that signs advertising garage or yard sales shall meet the requirements of Article XXIX, the sign regulations. The Code does not name garage-sale signs again inside the article, so the sign standards for temporary signs on residential lots are the ones the cross-reference points to.

Those standards are in § 205-163A(2), which applies in the R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4 and EH Districts. Each lot shall be permitted temporary signs, and the maximum area of any such sign shall be six square feet. Freestanding signs or window signs shall be permitted, and such signs shall be nonilluminated. No more than four temporary signs shall be permitted in any one calendar year, and no more than two temporary signs shall be permitted on a lot at any one time. Such signs shall be removed after 30 days, with a carve-out only for signs advertising the sale or rental of the premises where the sign stands. A garage sale itself is capped at three days by § 205-16G(2)(g)[1], so a sign that stays up past the sale is the sign problem to watch.

Article XXIX also has a permit layer for temporary signs. Under § 205-169A(4), temporary signs shall be allowed only upon the issuance of a temporary sign permit, the applicant provides the Zoning Officer with sufficient information to demonstrate compliance, and an escrow deposit is required as a guarantee that the temporary sign shall be promptly and completely removed. If the sign is not removed at the end of the authorized period, the Township will have it removed and keep the sum necessary to reimburse its expense. Permit fees and refundable escrow deposit amounts are set from time to time by resolution of Council under § 205-169A(6).