Collierville, TN Sign Regulations: Garage Sale Signs (2026)

The Town of Collierville has no stand-alone garage sale sign section. Instead, § 151.171 defines SIGN, TEMPORARY and names garage sale signs in the list of temporary signs, next to auction signs, banners, builder signs, grand opening signs, political signs, real estate signs, and special event signs. That definition pulls a garage sale sign into the temporary sign rules of the sign subchapter, sections 151.170 through 151.183 of the Collierville Code of Ordinances.

The duration rule for residential districts is in § 151.180(N)(2): the display of any single temporary sign, other than a real estate sign or a political sign, is limited to 60 days per calendar year. Division (N) applies to temporary signs in all residential zoning districts if not otherwise regulated, so a sign for a sale at a house is measured against that annual limit.

Where the sign goes matters as much as how long it stays. Section 151.174(A) prohibits signs erected in a public right-of-way or on public property, so a garage sale sign stapled to a utility pole, stuck at a street corner median, or placed on the Town-owned strip beside the road is not allowed. Section 151.174(T) also prohibits signs on natural features such as trees, other living vegetation, and rocks, and § 151.174(W) prohibits snipe signs. Under § 151.182(A)(2), signs illegally placed in any public right-of-way are forfeited to the public and immediately confiscated by the Department of Development, with no 30-day warning letter.

On permits, § 151.176(B)(1)(f) lets temporary signs in residential areas that are six square feet or smaller go up without a sign permit, though they remain subject to every applicable requirement in sections 151.170 through 151.183. A homeowner who keeps the sign on the lot, off the right-of-way, small, and within the 60-day annual display limit stays inside the code. Non-residential premises follow a different rule in § 151.180(O), which allows temporary signage outside a building no more than 60 days per calendar year, no more than one sign at a time, and with a permit.