Columbia County's Chapter 90 sign ordinance allows a yard-sale sign on your own property as a temporary sign, within size and placement limits. Off your land, O.C.G.A. §32-6-51 makes it unlawful to place a sign in any public-road right-of-way.
On your own property, Columbia County's zoning sign rules in Chapter 90, Section 90-135 treat a garage-sale sign as a temporary sign, allowed within size and placement limits and generally without a permit. The catch is off-site placement. O.C.G.A. §32-6-51 makes it unlawful to erect a sign within the dedicated right-of-way of any public road, which covers the grassy strips along Washington Road, U.S. 78, and neighborhood streets where people stake directional sale signs — GDOT and county crews remove them. Under O.C.G.A. §16-7-58, signs also may not go on utility poles or other public property. In a deed-restricted Evans or Martinez subdivision, HOA covenants govern temporary signs and often limit them to the day of the sale.
A sale sign in a public right-of-way or on a utility pole violates O.C.G.A. §32-6-51 or §16-7-58 and is removed; repeat or oversized signs draw a county code-enforcement citation. HOA violations bring covenant fines.
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