Chino Hills, CA Sign Regulations: Garage Sale Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Max sign count
- One double-faced sign per sale
- Max size
- 6 square feet
- Max height
- 5 feet (4 feet in setback)
- Posting window
- 24 hours before sale
- Removal
- Immediately after sale ends
Summary
Chino Hills limits each yard or garage sale to one sign, no larger than six square feet and no taller than five feet (four feet in a front or side street setback), posted only on the sale property. The sign may go up 24 hours before the sale and must come down immediately after it ends, under Municipal Code § 5.04.330(G).
No other signs shall be permitted, except one double-faced sign, not to exceed six square feet in area and the maximum height shall be five feet. Such sign shall have a maximum height of four feet when placed within the front yard or side street yard setback area. The sign shall be permitted only on the property where such sale is located. Such sign may be posted twenty-four (24) hours prior to the sale and must be removed immediately following sale.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 61).
Full Breakdown
Municipal Code § 5.04.330(G) states: "No other signs shall be permitted, except one double-faced sign, not to exceed six square feet in area and the maximum height shall be five feet. Such sign shall have a maximum height of four feet when placed within the front yard or side street yard setback area. The sign shall be permitted only on the property where such sale is located. Such sign may be posted twenty-four (24) hours prior to the sale and must be removed immediately following sale." That single-sign rule sits inside the broader yard sale permit chapter, which also bars display of the sale goods themselves in the public right-of-way (§ 5.04.330(F)).
Chino Hills' general temporary sign standards at § 16.38.040 independently list garage sale signs among the uses temporary signs are "customarily used to advertise," and bar any temporary sign from the public right-of-way, City parkway, or City-owned land, from being nailed to a tree, fence post, or utility pole, and from being illuminated (§ 16.38.040(A)-(E)). Temporary signs posted in violation of § 16.38.040 are removable by the city and each violation is an infraction (§ 16.38.040(I)).
Violations & Fines
Posting a garage sale sign off the sale property, larger than six square feet, taller than the height limit, or left up after the sale ends violates § 5.04.330(G), enforced under the same escalating infraction fines at § 5.04.330(I): a set first-conviction fine, with larger fines for repeat convictions within the same period, amounts fixed by Council resolution. A sign in the public right-of-way also violates § 16.38.040 and is removable by the city as a separate infraction.
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