The City of Buena Park regulates garage/yard sale signs as temporary signs under Chapter 19.904. Signs on public property or in the public right-of-way - including utility poles, street signs, and medians - are prohibited except in narrowly defined, city-designated situations. Owners may display temporary signs on their own private property.
Buena Park does not have a separate garage-sale-sign ordinance; such signs fall under the temporary-sign rules of Chapter 19.904 (General Sign Provisions). The core rule is that placing, mounting, affixing, or displaying any sign on public property or in the public right-of-way is prohibited unless specifically allowed - so the common practice of stapling garage-sale signs to utility poles, taping them to street-name posts, or staking them in medians and parkways is not permitted. The limited temporary signs that may be placed in the right-of-way are confined to city-designated locations and must meet strict standards: a maximum standing height of 36 inches, maximum width of 24 inches, and a display-panel area no larger than 5 square feet, with no more than three temporary signs at one time, at least 48 inches of sidewalk clearance, none on sidewalks narrower than 60 inches, and none within 15 feet of a driveway. A homeowner holding a garage sale may display a temporary sign on their own private property within the zoning sign limits without a sign permit. Off-site directional garage-sale signs placed around the neighborhood on public right-of-way are the most common violation and may be removed by the city. Note Buena Park also limits garage sales themselves through its permitting program; check current rules with the Planning Division (714-562-3620). These are the incorporated city's rules.
Attaching garage-sale signs to utility poles, street-sign posts, traffic signals, or trees; staking signs in medians, parkways, or other public right-of-way; off-site directional signs on public property; signs exceeding the temporary-sign size limits. Such signs may be removed by the city.
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